Paes in mixed doubles semis, but out of doubles
January 27th, 2010 - 7:17 pm ICT by IANSMelbourne, Jan 27 (IANS) Leander Paes and Cara Black stormed into the mixed doubles semifinals but the Indian’s quest for a third doubles trophy in a Grand Slam with Czech Lukas Dlouhy fell short as the pair lost in the quarter finals of the men’s doubles at the Australian Open here Wednesday.
The top-seeded Paes-Black pair swept aside eighth seeds Elena Vesnina of Russia and Israel’s Andy Ram 6-4, 6-3. The Indo-Zimbabwean pair now play seventh seeds Lisa Raymond of the US and Wesley Moodie of South Africa.
However, third-seeded Paes and Dlouhy’s run for a third Grand Slam title — to add to 2009 Roland Garros and US Open trophies — wasover with a 3-6, 4-6 loss to Croat Ivo Karlovic and Dusan Vemic of Serbia. The two had reached the semi-finals here last year.
The win was Karlovic and Vemic’s third win over a seeded pair this fortnight.
- Australian Open: Paes-Bhupathi, Bopanna-Qureshi in round two - Jan 20, 2011
- Australian Open: Paes, Bhupathi to turn back the clock - Jan 16, 2011
- Paes-Dlouhy in quarters at Rome - Apr 30, 2009
- Paes advance in doubles, mixed doubles - Jan 25, 2010
- French Open: Paes-Black in mixed doubles quarters - May 31, 2010
- Paes wins Wimbledon mixed doubles for 12th Grand Slam (Lead) - Jul 05, 2010
- Australian Open: Paes-Bhupathi in men's doubles semis (Lead) - Jan 26, 2011
- Wimbledon: Paes-Bhupathi crash out in second round - Jun 25, 2011
- French Open: Paes-Dlouhy advance, Bhupathi-Mirnyi out - May 29, 2010
- Wimbledon: Bhupathi in mixed doubles semifinal; Sania, Paes lose - Jul 02, 2011
- Bhupathi-Paes lose Australian Open men's doubles final - Jan 29, 2011
- Paes-Stepanek shock Bryan brothers; lift Australian Open men's doubles title (Lead) - Jan 28, 2012
- Australian Open: Paes-Bhupathi storm into semifinals - Jan 26, 2011
- French Open: Paes-Dlouhy storm into doubles semis - Jun 01, 2010
- Sania-Bopanna in Wimbledon quarters - Jun 30, 2011
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