Paes-Dlouhy suffer third defeat in a row

Leander Paes and his partner Lukas Dlouhy rounded off their disappointing campaign at the season ending World Tour Finals with their third successive defeat in London on Friday.

The fourth seeded Indo-Czech pair lost their last Group B match 6-7(1), 4-6 to seventh seed Max Mirnyi and Andy Ram in one hour and 15 minutes.

Paes and Dlouy had reached three ATP World Tour Masters 1000 finals to qualify for year-end championship.

India's challenge though is still alive as Mahesh Bhupathi and his partner Mark Knowles have qualified for the semifinals.