Monday, September 14, 2009

Men's doubles title lifted by Paes and Dlouhy

The today's sports news was, Indo-Czech pair Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy won their second grand slam title of the year after lifting the men's doubles crown at the U.S. Open on Sunday.
Paes and Dlouhy were trailing by a set and break before they launched their fightback to beat third seeds Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles 3-6 6-3 6-2.

The win made amends for their final defeat 12 months ago.

"It's great to win it here finally because I was in the final for two years running and finally I win it here," said Dlouhy, who also reached the 2007 final with his previous partner, Pavel Vizner. Read More..