Leander Paes and his Czech partner Martin Damm registered a facile win to sail into the second round of the Gerry Webber Open tennis tournament in Halle, Germany.
The Indo-Czech duo scored a 6-4, 6-2 win over the Swiss-German pair of Yves Allegro and Michael Kohlmann in their opening round match of the 680,250 euro event on Tuesday.
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Paes and Damm will next face the winner of the match between German wildcards Benjamin Becker and Christopher Kas and the Swedish-German pair of Robin Soderling and Philipp Kohlschreiber.
Paes and Damm were ousted in the second round of the French Open Grand Slam in Paris. The third seeded Indo-Czech pair were upset by unseeded Germans.
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