Leander Paes [ Images ] missed the chance to win his first doubles title of the season after losing the summit clash of the Gerry Weber Open along with Czech partner Lukas Dlouhy [ Images ], in Halle on Sunday.

The fourth-seeded Indo-Czech pair lost the final match 6-3, 4-6, 3-10 to unseeded combine of Russian Mikhail Youzhny and Mischa Zverev of Germany [ Images ].

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Paes and Dlouhy made a good start, breaking their opponents twice to pocket the first set.

However, the Russian-German duo cashed in on the breakpoints in the second set to draw parity and stretched the matter to the super tie-breaker, in which they prevailed.

Paes will now team up with Mahesh Bhupathi [ Images ] for the Ordina Open, where they are seeded second. The duo, who are preparing for the forthcoming Beijing [ Images ] Olympics [ Images ], will face the unseeded pair of Switzerland's [ Images ] Yves Allegro and Argentine Sebastian Prieto in the first round of the grass court event.