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The pair, who won in Delray Beach last month, lost the special tie-break 10-6 to third seeded Frenchmen Julien Benneteau and Michael Llodra after trading the first two sets 7-6.

Belarus' Mirnyi and Scotland's Murray lost the opening set tie-break 8-6 but took the next 7-2 to take the game into a deciding breaker in the outdoor hardcourt event

Jamie's younger brother Andy was dumped out of the Dubai Championships in the quarter-finals by Nikolay Davydenko earlier in the day.