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Paes-Dlouhy pooled in Group A for London Finals

November 18, 2010 18:57 IST

Leander Paes [ Images ] and Lukas Dlouhy [ Images ] have been drawn in Group A while Mahesh Bhupathi [ Images ] and Max Mirnyi [ Images ] are in Group B for the season-ending World Tour Finals.

The third seed Paes-Dlouhy pair will open its campaign against sixth seed Pole pair of Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski on Sunday.

American twins Mike and Bob Bryan are the top-seeded pair and figure in group A along with Jurgen Melzer [ Images ] and Philip Petzscner.

Bhupathi and his Belarusian partner Mirnyi are seeded third and face fifth seeds Lukasz Kubot [ Images ] of Poland and Austrian Oliver Marach [ Images ] in their opener on Monday.

Canada's [ Images ] Daniel Nestor [ Images ] and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia are the second seeded pair while Wesley Moodie [ Images ] of South Africa [ Images ] and Belgium's Dick Norman [ Images ] are seeded seventh.

Each team play three times in the preliminary stage and the two top teams in both the groups will advance to the semi-finals.

Both Paes and Bhupathi had decided to miss Asian Games to compete in the prestigious tennis event, where only top eight teams and singles players play.

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