Tennis Masters Cup
The first set, which lasted 59 minutes, went to the tie-breaker where Paes and Zimonjic, the fifth seeds at the year-end event, held their nerve to edge out their opponents 8-6 when the Serbian put away a forehand winner.
Llodra and Santoro, playing in their last tournament together, came back strongly and broke serve to serve out the second set 6-3.
The third set went with serve and it came to a tie-breaker to decide the champions of the eight-team event.
The sixth seeded Frenchmen showed their class, coming out on top 7-4 of the Indo-Serbian pair at the futuristic Qi Zhong Stadium in the Chinese city.
Santoro sealed the win by nailing a forehand smash to atone for their loss in the finals of the championship two years ago against the Bryan brothers in Houston.
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