Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy lost their second successive match at the Masters Cup in Shanghai on Wednesday.
Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski, who gained a late entry to their second Tennis Masters Cup following the withdrawal of Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram in the Gold Group — defeated the sixth-seeded pair 7-6(2), 6-3.
The Polish duo won 32 of 38 points on first serve and 74 per cent of service points overall. They saved five of the six break-points against them in the 84-minute victory.
The sixth seeded Indo-Czech pair had gone down 3-6, 5-7 to Jonas Bjorkman and Kevin Ullyet in their opening encounter.