NEW DELHI, March 20: Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi, seeded fourth at the Lipton Championships in Key Biscayne will, most probably, play Byron Black and Jim Grabb in the second round.Black and Grabb will take on Pablo Albano and Alex Corretja for a place in the second round.
Placed in the bottom part of the top half in the 64-team draw, the Indian duo is seeded to meet Donald Johnson and Fransisco Montana in the semi-finals. The other seeds in the bottom half are Sandon Stolle and Cyril Suk (14), and Mark Knowlws and Daniel Nestor (12).
If Paes and Bhupathi reach the semis, their expected opponents are the Woodies -- Mark Woodforde and Todd Woodbridge -- who are in the upper quarter of the top half. While the Woodies are top-seeded, Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis are second.
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