Bhambri-Galloway pair goes out of Geneva Open

Geneva: Second seeds Yuki Bhambri and Robert Galloway suffered a first-round exit at the Geneva

Open following a tough battle against the German team of Jakob Schnaitter and Mark Wallner, here Wednesday.

The Indo-American pair lost 6-7(3) 4-6 to the unseeded rivals in the Round of 16 at the Euro 5,96,035

clay-court tournament,

which is the last in the run-up to the French Open, the clay-court major. Bhambri and Galloway split Euro 3,240 as prize money but no points were awarded since it was a first-round loss.

Last week, Bhambri and Galloway had ended runners-up at the Bordeaux Challenger, his best performance since the clay-court season began.

He lost in the first rounds at Monte Carlo (with Alexei Popyrin), ATP 500 in Munich, Madrid Masters and Rome Masters.