Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau prevented 43-year-old Daniel Nestor from becoming the first ATP World Tour doubles player to reach 1000 match wins on Wednesday in the second round of the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris. The No. 3 seeds downed the Canadian and partner Edouard Roger-Vasselin 6-4, 6-2 in just over an hour, saving all four break points faced. Nestor, the oldest player on the ATP World Tour, will now have to wait until 2016 to hit four digits in the win column, as he fell out of contention for a spot at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals.

Still in the running for a berth at the year-end showdown are Vasek Pospisil and Jack Sock. The Canadian-American team kept its London hopes alive with a 6-3, 5-7, 10-5 first-round win over Frenchmen Paul-Henri Mathieu and Benoit Paire. Pospisil/Sock only landed 54 per cent of their first serves and hit more doubles faults than aces (7/6), but saved four of six break points faced to advance in 78 minutes.

Top seeds Bob and Mike Bryan kicked off their Paris title defence with a 6-1, 2-6, 10-7 win over Aisam ul-Haq Qureshi and Gilles Simon in the second round. The Americans, who had a first-round bye, snapped a four-match losing streak together by breaking their opponents twice and securing their 42^nd win of the year (42-13) in 57 minutes. The Bryans are still No. 1 in the Emirates ATP Doubles Race To London, but only hold a 65-point lead over Rojer/Tecau (6,285 vs. 6,220 points).