Paes- Stepanek reach Australian open doubles final
By Frontier India News Network (FINN) | January 26th, 2012 | No Comments »India’s Leander Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek today sailed into the finals of the Men’s Doubles category in the Australian Open Tennis tournament at Melbourne.
The Indo-Czech duo defeated the Belarusian-Canadian combine of Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4. In the finals, Paes and Stepanek will face the top seeded Bryan brothers, Bob and Mike of the United States of America.
Meanwhile, in the Mixed Doubles section, the Indo-American pair of Rohan Bopanna and Lisa Raymond is slated to clash with the Indo-Russian tandem of Leander Paes and Elena Vesnina in the quarter finals today. Tomorrow will see Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi match against Bethanie Mattek-Sands of USA and Horia Tecau of Romania in mixed doubles.
In the Men’s Singles, second seeded Spaniard Rafael Nadal will today take on Swiss Roger Federer for a place in the finals.
