Indian challenge in the ATP Paris Masters tennis tournament ended after Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes, along with their respective partners, crashed out of the doubles event following unexpected second-round defeats.

The third seeded pair of Bhupathi and Bahamian Mark Knowles lost 4-6, 7-6 (6), 7-10 to the unseeded Swede-Australian combination of Simon Aspelin and Paul Hanley.