<p>Third seeds Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek began their campaign at the season-ending World Tour finale with a straight set win over seventh seeds Aisam-ul-haq Qureshi and Jean-Julien Roger, here.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Indo-Czech pair got the better of Pakistan-Dutch combo, runners-up at Paris Masters last week, 6-4 7-5 in their opening Group A match.<br /><br />Stepanek, making debut at the event, saved one break point on sudden death deuce in the second game. Rojer recovered from 30/40 at 3-3, before Qureshi was broken to 30 as Stepanek and Paes produced solid returns and attacked the net.<br /><br />The Czech closed out the 41-minute set with his second ace.<br />Five points went against serve in the first six game of the second set, with Paes and Qureshi surviving sudden death deuces in the second and fifth games.<br /><br />Stepanek won four straight points from 15/40 at 3-4, giving the Czech and Paes the impetus they needed to break Rojer to love for a 6-5 lead. Once again Stepanek closed out the set for victory.<br /><br />Qureshi and Rojer were left to rue missing out on six break point opportunities.<br />The Indian pair of Mahesh Bupathi and Rohan Bopanna had lost their first Group B match to Jonathan Marray and Frederik Nielse.</p>
<p>Third seeds Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek began their campaign at the season-ending World Tour finale with a straight set win over seventh seeds Aisam-ul-haq Qureshi and Jean-Julien Roger, here.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Indo-Czech pair got the better of Pakistan-Dutch combo, runners-up at Paris Masters last week, 6-4 7-5 in their opening Group A match.<br /><br />Stepanek, making debut at the event, saved one break point on sudden death deuce in the second game. Rojer recovered from 30/40 at 3-3, before Qureshi was broken to 30 as Stepanek and Paes produced solid returns and attacked the net.<br /><br />The Czech closed out the 41-minute set with his second ace.<br />Five points went against serve in the first six game of the second set, with Paes and Qureshi surviving sudden death deuces in the second and fifth games.<br /><br />Stepanek won four straight points from 15/40 at 3-4, giving the Czech and Paes the impetus they needed to break Rojer to love for a 6-5 lead. Once again Stepanek closed out the set for victory.<br /><br />Qureshi and Rojer were left to rue missing out on six break point opportunities.<br />The Indian pair of Mahesh Bupathi and Rohan Bopanna had lost their first Group B match to Jonathan Marray and Frederik Nielse.</p>