Rohan Bopanna-Aisam-ul-haq Qureshi pair ends runner up in Nice

Rohan Bopanna and his partner Aisam-ul-haq Qureshi ended runners up for the second time this season when they lost the men's doubles final of the Open de Nice on Sunday to Martin Klizan and Philipp Oswald.

The top seeded Indo-Pak pair were outplayed 2-6, 0-6 to the Slovakian-Austrian pair in the clay court event.

Bopanna and Qureshi had won the Dubai tournament in February but ended runners-up in Sydney in January.

Klizan and Oswald broke serve five times for earn their first ATP World Tour team doubles title.