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Paes-Dlouhy lose again at Tennis Masters Cup
Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy's chance of reaching the semis of Tennis Masters Cup went up in smoke after they succumbed to their second successive defeat.
- Press Trust of India
- Updated: November 12, 2008 04:22 PM IST
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The sixth-seeded Indo-Czech pair lost their Gold group league match 6-7 (2), 3-6 to Polish duo Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski.
Only the top two teams of Red and Gold groups will make the semi-final stage.
Paes and Dlouhy had plenty of chances in the first set but squandered all three breakpoints and eventually handed the lead to their opponents after losing the tie-break.
In the second, they dropped serve thrice and that was enough for the players from Poland to win the match.
Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy's chance of reaching the semi-finals of Tennis Masters Cup went up in smoke after they succumbed to their second successive defeat in the season-ending $4,45,000 ATP event.The sixth-seeded Indo-Czech pair lost their Gold group league match 6-7 (2), 3-6 to Polish duo Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski.
Only the top two teams of Red and Gold groups will make the semi-final stage.
Paes and Dlouhy had plenty of chances in the first set but squandered all three breakpoints and eventually handed the lead to their opponents after losing the tie-break.
In the second, they dropped serve thrice and that was enough for the players from Poland to win the match.
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