Bhupathi-Mirnyi lose Cincinnati final to Bryans
August 23rd, 2010 - 8:54 pm ICT by IANSCincinnati, Aug 23 (IANS) India’s Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi of Belarus went down 3-6, 4-6 to second-seeded Americans Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan in the final of the Western and Southern Financial Group Masters tennis.
Fourth-seeded Bhupathi and Mirnyi led 2-0 in the first set of Sunday’s final but the Bryans fought back to reel the next five games for a set lead.
They then broke Bhupathi’s serve in the seventh game of the second set to clinch victory in under an hour.
It was Bhupathi and Mirnyi’s third defeat in an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final this season, having also lost out in Miami and Monte-Carlo. They were looking to win their first title together since Rome in 2004.
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- Bhupathi-Mirnyi in Cincinnati finals - Aug 22, 2010
- Bopanna-Qureshi lose tense opener in World Tour Finals - Nov 21, 2011
- Bopanna-Qureshi in semifinals of Monte-Carlo Masters - Apr 15, 2011
- Paes-Bhupathi beat Bryan twins, enter semis at Tour finals - Nov 26, 2011
- Sweet victory: Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupathi clinch Cincinnati title (Lead) - Aug 22, 2011
- Paes-Bhupathi and Bopanna-Qureshi in quarterfinals - Aug 19, 2011
- Paes, Bhupathi claim Miami Masters, rise to No.1 spot - Apr 03, 2011
- Bhupathi-Bopanna knock out top seeds to make semis - May 19, 2012
- Bhupathi-Mirnyi in semifinals of ATP World Tour Finals - Nov 27, 2010
- Bhupathi-Mirnyi qualify for Tour final; Bopanna-Qureshi miss out - Nov 12, 2010
- Bhupathi-Mirnyi in Cincinnati Masters semi-final - Aug 21, 2010
- Bhupathi and Paes crash out of ATP World Tour finals - Nov 27, 2011
- Paes-Stepanek in finals, Mahesh-Bhupathi out - Mar 30, 2012
- Bhupathi-Mirnyi to clash with Nestor-Zimonjic in World Tour Finals - Nov 28, 2010
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