Paes-Bhupathi shock World No.1 Bryans in Cincinnati
August 21st, 2011 - 6:19 pm ICT by IANSCincinnati (Ohio), Aug 21 (IANS) India’s Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi rallied from a set and a break down to shock defending champions and top seeds Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan of the US 1-6, 7-6(2), 10-7 in the semifinals of the Western & Southern Open tennis championship.
The Bryans ran away with the first set in 21 minutes and were up an early break in the second before the third-seeded Indians clawed back to break the Americans in the sixth game and forced the tie-breaker. The Indians took an early lead in the tie-break and closed it out comfortably.
In the match tie-break, Paes and Bhupathi won six of their eight service points despite only hitting 38 percent of their first serves in and sealed the win on their second match point after an hour-and-22-minute battle.
It was the Indians’ first win in three meetings against the Bryans this season, after losing to the World No. 1 twins in the Australian Open and AEGON Championships finals.
In the final, Bhupathi and Paes face Frances’ Michael Llodra and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia. The fourth seeds battled past Juan Sebastian Cabal and Florian Mayer 4-6, 6-3, 10-4 to reach their third straight final.
The Indians won here in 2001 and will be looking to win their third title of the season.
- Bhupathi-Bopanna reach semis at Miami - Mar 28, 2012
- Sweet victory: Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupathi clinch Cincinnati title (Lead) - Aug 22, 2011
- Wimbledon: Paes-Bhupathi crash out in second round - Jun 25, 2011
- Bopanna-Qureshi go down fighting in French Open - Jun 02, 2011
- Paes-Bhupathi advance to semis, Bopanna-Qureshi out - Aug 20, 2011
- Paes-Bhupathi and Bopanna-Qureshi in quarterfinals - Aug 19, 2011
- Bopanna, Qureshi enter Paris semi-finals - Nov 12, 2011
- Bhupathi-Bopanna knock out top seeds to make semis - May 19, 2012
- Paes-Stepanek beat Marrero-Verdasco, meet Bryan brothers in semis - Mar 29, 2012
- French Open: Paes in mixed doubles quarters, exits from doubles - May 28, 2011
- Australian Open: Paes-Bhupathi storm into semifinals - Jan 26, 2011
- Paes-Bhupathi out of Shanghai Masters - Oct 15, 2011
- Paes-Bhupathi in semis; Bopanna-Qureshi ousted in Miami - Mar 31, 2011
- Bhupathi-Paes through to Australian Open semi-finals - Jan 26, 2011
- Bhupathi and Paes crash out of ATP World Tour finals - Nov 27, 2011
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