Paes-Dlouhy, Bhupathi-Knowles get 1st round byes

The USD 2,615,000 ATP Rogers Masters, which are to begin from Tuesday, saw Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi getting the first round byes with their respective partners.

The seventh seeded Paes and his Czech partner Lukas Dlouhy will face winners of the match between wild cards Julien Benneteau/Frederic Niemeyer and Roger Federer/Stanislas Wawrinka.

On the other hand fourth seeded Bhupathi and his Bahamian partner Mark Knowles will play with the winners of the Arnaud Clement/Michael Llodra and Mardy Fish/ Andy Roddick.  

Paes and Bhupathi will face each-other in the quarterfinals, if they manage to win their second round matches.

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