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Bhupathi-Mirnyi knocked out

June 03, 2004 22:11 IST

Mahesh Bhupathi's [ Images ] dreams of adding one more Grand Slam title to his kitty were shattered when he and partner Max Mirnyi [ Images ] of Belarus crashed out of the men's doubles at the French Open [ Images ] Tennis tournament at Paris on Thursday.

The third seeded Indo-Belarus pair lost their semi-final match against the unseeded Belgian pair of Xavier Malisse and Oliver Rochus 6-7(1/7), 6-4, 2-6.

Bhupathi had won the French Open doubles title twice, in 1999 and 2001 with Leander Paes [ Images ].

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