Bhupathi-Paes knocked out of Paris Masters

India's Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes were knocked out of the Paris Masters tennis tournament here Wednesday after losing to Santiago Gonzalez and Christopher Kas 6-3, 1-6, 8-10 in the second round.

Fourth seed Bhupathi-Paes, who got a first round bye, started well in the match but lost points in key moments to suffer an early exit at the hands of the Mexican-German pair. The Indian duo has already qualified for the season ending ATP World Tour Finals in London.

The Indo-Pak express of Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi play their opening match against Britain's Coling Fleming and Jamie Murray Thursday. Bopanna-Qureshi are seeded seventh in the tournament.