Leander Paes [Images] and Nenad Zimonjic saw their winning streak snapped as they crashed out in the quarterfinals of the ATP Tennis Masters in Rome, Italy [Images], on Saturday.
Paes and Zimonjic, coming into the tournament with back to back Masters title in Monte Carlo and Barcelona went down to third seeded Bryan brothers, Bob and Mike, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5.
The sixth seeded Indo-Serbian pair had earlier defeated home challenge Daniele Bracciali and Giorgio Galimberti 6-4, 5-7, 6-1 in another tough match.
Paes' former partner Mahesh Bhupathi [Images] on the other hand had a smooth passage to the semifinals.
Bhupathi and his record breaking Grand Slam champion Todd Woodbridge of Australia entered the last-four stage after scoring a facile 6-3, 6-2 win over Jiri Novak of the Czech Republic and Tommy Robredo of Spain in the quarters.
The fifth seeded pair earlier had a walk over from Swedish-Russian combo of Joachim Johansson and Marat Safin [Images] in the second round.
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