<p>Beijing: Indian tennis star Rohan Bopanna and his Croatian partner Ivan Dodig suffered a shock loss to the pair of Francisco Cerundolo and Nicolas Jarry in a first round match of the China Open ATP 500 tournament here on Saturday.</p>.<p>The second-seeded Indo-Croatian pair lost 5-7 6-7 to the unseeded Cerundolo (Argentina) and Jarry (Chile) duo in the round of 16 match that lasted one hour 31 minutes.</p>.<p>Bopanna’s regular partner Matthew Ebden of Australia chose not to participate in the ATP 500 event.</p>.AITA elects new office bearers, hold official declaration of result.<p>Bopanna has had stints partnering Dodig in the past -- in 2017 and 2021 -- with their best result being reaching the final at the 2017 ATP Montreal Masters 1000 event.</p>.<p>The 44-year-old Indian won two titles this year -- Australian Open Grand Slam event and Miami Open.</p>.<p>Bopanna and Ebden had lost in the round of 16 stage in the US Open doubles earlier this month. </p>
<p>Beijing: Indian tennis star Rohan Bopanna and his Croatian partner Ivan Dodig suffered a shock loss to the pair of Francisco Cerundolo and Nicolas Jarry in a first round match of the China Open ATP 500 tournament here on Saturday.</p>.<p>The second-seeded Indo-Croatian pair lost 5-7 6-7 to the unseeded Cerundolo (Argentina) and Jarry (Chile) duo in the round of 16 match that lasted one hour 31 minutes.</p>.<p>Bopanna’s regular partner Matthew Ebden of Australia chose not to participate in the ATP 500 event.</p>.AITA elects new office bearers, hold official declaration of result.<p>Bopanna has had stints partnering Dodig in the past -- in 2017 and 2021 -- with their best result being reaching the final at the 2017 ATP Montreal Masters 1000 event.</p>.<p>The 44-year-old Indian won two titles this year -- Australian Open Grand Slam event and Miami Open.</p>.<p>Bopanna and Ebden had lost in the round of 16 stage in the US Open doubles earlier this month. </p>