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Leander, Mahesh bow out!

Yevgeny Kafelnikov (Russia) and Daniel Vacek (Czech Republic) entered the doubles finals of the US Open tennis championships, defeating eander Paes and Mahesh Bhupati, 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-2) on Wednesday night.

Both sets went into tie-break, but the East Europeans, ranked no 4 in the world, proved superior to the Indian combination.