Paes, Stepanek rally to win doubles
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October 15, 2012, Monday
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AUSTRALIAN Open champions Leander Paes of India and Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic came from behind yesterday to win the Shanghai Rolex Masters doubles title 6-7 (7/9), 6-3, 10/5.
The fourth seeds, who have already booked a place at next month's elite eight-team ATP World Tour Finals in London, lost the first set against Indian pair Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna on a tie-break.
But the Indian-Czech duo, who were losing finalists at the US Open, levelled the contest after a single break in the second set and took the match tie-break 10/5.
Seventh seeds Bhupathi and Bopanna were in eighth and last spot in the chase for a place at the season-ending finale.
"We've had a great year. It started off with a big bang. To do well early in a partnership is something that can happen," said Indian veteran Paes, whose victory at the Australian Open meant he had completed the full set of grand slam titles during his career.
The fourth seeds, who have already booked a place at next month's elite eight-team ATP World Tour Finals in London, lost the first set against Indian pair Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna on a tie-break.
But the Indian-Czech duo, who were losing finalists at the US Open, levelled the contest after a single break in the second set and took the match tie-break 10/5.
Seventh seeds Bhupathi and Bopanna were in eighth and last spot in the chase for a place at the season-ending finale.
"We've had a great year. It started off with a big bang. To do well early in a partnership is something that can happen," said Indian veteran Paes, whose victory at the Australian Open meant he had completed the full set of grand slam titles during his career.
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