Passage: Earlier in the day, fifth-seeded Leander Paes of India and Nedad Zimonjic from Serbia and Montenegro claimed their second win in Shanghai, defeating seventh-seeded Australian duo Wayne Arthurs and Paul Hanley 7-6(3), 7-6 (6) in two hours. The Bryan twins, two-time defending champions here at the year-ending event of men's professional tennis, took just one hour, 16 minutes and 39 seconds to reannounce their dominance on doubles court and lowered the fourth seeds Knowles and Nestor's hope of making semifinals through the round-robin.
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