New Delhi: India's Leander Paes and his Czech partner Martin Damm went down fighting to second-seeded Jonas Bjorkman and Max Mirnyi in the semi final to bow out of the ATP Masters Cup in Shanghai.
The sixth-seeded Indo-Czech pair had a nerve-wracking battle in which they gave their best shot before bowing out 7-6 (4), 6-7 (4), 7-6 (5), in three hours and 17 minutes.
After winning the first set through tie-breaker, Paes and Damm lost the second one in an identical fashion.
In the third set, they did their best to make a comeback, but the decider also went into tie-breaker where the Swedish-Belarussian duo edged past their rivals.
In the final, Bjorkman and Mirnyi will meet third seeds Mark Knowles of Bahamas and Daniel Nestor of Canada, who beat
Australian Paul Hanley and Kevin Ullyett of Zimbabwe 4-6, 6-1, 6-3.
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