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India's Mahesh Bhupathi [Images] and his partner Mark Knowles of the Bahamas defeated South African duo Wesley Moodie and Jeff Coetzee 6-2, 6-3 in their first group league match of the season-ending Masters Cup in Shanghai on Sunday.

The third-seeded Bhupathi and Knowles took 63 minutes to get past their fifth-seeded rivals in the Red Group.

On Monday, Leander Paes [Images] and Czech Lukas Dlouhy will begin their campaign in the Gold Group against Jonas Bjorkman of Sweden and Zimbabwe's Kevin Ulyett of Zimbabwe.