India's challenge ended in the men's doubles event of the Australian Open in Melbourne today with the defeat of Mahesh Bhupathi and Daniel Nestor. The fifth seeded Bhupathi and Canadian partner Nestor were sent packing 3-6, 6-4, 3-6 by the unseeded Italian combo of Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini in the second round. However, in the mixed doubles, all four Indian players are still in the race with Sania Mirza and her new American partner Bob Bryan advancing to quarter-finals. The third seeded Indo-American team defeated the US team of Abigail Spears and Scott Lipsky 4-6, 6-1, 10-4 in the second round. They will now fight it out with Czech team of Lucie Hradecka and Frantisek Cermak for a place in the semifinals. Rohan Bopanna and his team-mate from Chinese Taipei, Su-Wei Hsieh defeated Italian-Slovakian combination of Fabio Fognini and Daniela Hantuchova 6-1, 7-5 in a mixed doubles pre-quarter final match