Melbourne, Jan 19 : India’s doubles specialist Leander Paes and his partner Brazilian Andre Sa were knocked out of the men’s doubles of the Australian Open tennis tournament, losing 6-4, 6-7 , 4-6 to Belarus’ Max Mirnyi and Philippines’ Treat Huey in the first round on Thursday. The Indo-Brazilian pair accepted defeat to the 10th seeds after an intense 2-hour 13-minute fight on Court 15. Paes-Sa started brightly, breaking in the fifth game of the first set to take a 3-2 lead.