Paes-Damm finish runners up in Sony Ericsson Open

MIAMI: Leander Paes and his Czech partner Martin Damm's attempt to win back-to-back ATP Masters title was foiled by Bryan brothers at the Sony Ericsson Open here.

Paes and Damm went down fighting against second seeds Mike and Bob Bryan of USA with the scoreline reading 7-6, 3-6, 7-10 in one hour and 37 minutes on Saturday.

Of the four break points which both the teams had to exploit, Bryan brothers were successful in converting three while sixth seed Paes-Damm converted just one.

With this defeat, Paes and Damm lost the opportunity to become the new Stanford ATP Doubles Race leaders.

The current season continues to be impressive for Paes and Damm as together they have two titles, in Rotterdam and Indianwells. They were the finalists at Doha.