Indian ace Leander Paes [Images] and his Czech partner Martin Damm fought neck-and-neck with Bob and Mike Bryan, but the top seeded Americans proved too strong and chalked out a 6-4, 6-4 victory to sail into the semi-finals of the 419,000 dollar Sydney International on Thursday.

The first set was evenly poised till 3-3, but the Bryan brothers raised their game at the right time to go ahead 5-4 and held their serve to win the set.

The second set followed the same script and the pairs were level 3-3 again. Paes and Damm looked a bit jaded after the loss of the first set and once the brothers forged ahead they could do little to stop them.

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