Paes-Bhupathi enter Australian Open final

[Ignited Mind]

Australian Open: Paes, Bhupathi win men's double quarter-final​

Melbourne: Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi are on course for their maiden Australian Open title together as they advanced to the semifinals after a hard-fought victory over the combine of Michael Llodra of France and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia on Wednesday.

The third seeded Indian pair, who teamed up together after nine years in a bid to add the only Grand Slam title missing in their cupboard, needed 91 minutes to beat Llodra and Zimonjic 6-4 6-4 in a quarterfinal match at Melbourne Park.

Llodra and Zimonjic had beaten the 'Indo-Pak Express' pair of Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi in the pre-quarterfinals.

Paes and Bhupathi kept their mistakes to the minimum while their eight seeded opponents committed 13 unforced errors. The Indian duo had just five unforced errors which made a difference in the tie.

The Indians won more points from rallies as they found their opponents better in service. Llodra and Zimonjic had nine aces serving at fast speed while Paes and Bhupathi had just two.

Paes and Bhupathi will now meet the winner of the quarterfinal match between the Polish pair of Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski and the second seeded combine of Max Mirnyi (Belarus) and Daniel Nestor (Canada).

Australian Open: Paes, Bhupathi win men's double quarter-final

 

[Ignited Mind]

Onto the semis now

 

[SpArK]

Leander Paes-Mahesh Bhupathi in Australian Open finals; to clash with Bryan brothers - Sport - DNA

 

[SpArK]

Paes and Bhupathi decided to rejoin the forces after nine years to win that elusive Australian Open trophy, at the start of the season. They came into Australian Open in a good nick as they clinched the Chennai Open at home.

Paes has won 12 Grand Slam titles and Bhupathi 11 in their respective careers but they have never won Australian Open men's doubles trophy. Interestingly, Bhupathi has not won a men's doubles Grand Slam title since 2002 US Open with Max Mirnyi.

Paes and Bhupathi last played together at a Grand Slam at Australian Open in 2002 when they reached the second round. They had to sweat a lot against Mirnyi and Nestor as both the pairs fought tooth and nail before the Indians prevailed.

 

[Royan]

On to the Finals now

 

[Fireurimagination]

Finals are with the Black brothers probably the toughest opponents, will be a treat to watch

 

[Whiplash]

Finals are with the Black brothers probably the toughest opponents, will be a treat to watch

Bryan* Brothers.
I can't believe I wasted my hundredth post on a correction XD

 

[The HBS Guy]

Paes-Bhupathi enter Australian Open final​

MELBOURNE: Reliving their old magic, Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi earned a chance to complete their Grand Slam cabinet by reaching the men's doubles final of the Australian Open on Thursday.

The third seed Indian Express, as they are known, pipped the second seed pair of Belarusian Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor of Canada 7-6(5), 4-6, 6-3 in the semifinal at Melbourne Park.

They will play against top seed American twins and double defending champions Mike and Bob Bryan in the summit clash.

The Bryan brothers eased past unseeded duo of Eric Butorac and Jean-Julien Rojer 6-3, 6-2 in 54 minutes in their semifinal.

Paes and Bhupathi decided to rejoin the forces after nine years to win that elusive Australian Open trophy, at the start of the season.

They came into Australian Open in a good nick as they clinched the Chennai Open at home.

Paes has won 12 Grand Slam titles and Bhupathi 11 in their respective careers but they have never won Australian Open men's doubles trophy.

Interestingly, Bhupathi has not won a men's doubles Grand Slam title since 2002 US Open with max Mirnyi.

Paes and Bhupathi last played together at a Grand Slam at Australian Open in 2002 when they reached the second round.

Paes and Bhupathi had to sweat a lot against Mirnyi and Nestor as both the pairs fought tooth and nail before the Indians prevailed.

There was hardly anything to separate the two teams as they broke each other twice in the opening set, which was decided through a tie-break in the favour of the Indians.

Paes and Bhupathi had their chances to clinch the issue in straight sets but squandered two breakpoints and dropped their own serve once to allow their rivals to take the match to the third set.

They did not repeat the mistake in the deciding set and converted the first available chance to open up lead and end on the right side of the result after two hours and 20 minutes.

Read more: Paes-Bhupathi enter Australian Open final - The Times of India Paes-Bhupathi enter Australian Open final - The Times of India

 

[GUNS-N- ROSES]

lets hope they win the only slam missing from their trophy cabinet.

 

[The HBS Guy]

Somebody tell me the timing of the final.

 

[Frank Martin]

Paes and Bhupathi decided to
rejoin the forces after nine years
to win that elusive Australian
Open trophy, at the start of the
season.
They came into Australian Open
in a good nick as they clinched
the Chennai Open at home.
Paes has won 12 Grand Slam
titles and Bhupathi 11 in their
respective careers but they have
never won Australian Open
men’s doubles trophy.
Interestingly, Bhupathi has not
won a men’s doubles Grand
Slam title since 2002 US Open
with max Mirnyi.
Paes and Bhupathi last played
together at a Grand Slam at
Australian Open in 2002 when
they reached the second round.

 

[Fireurimagination]

Bryan* Brothers.
I can't believe I wasted my hundredth post on a correction XD

Yup thank me I gave you the opportunity I was probably thinking about Black, Paes' hot partner in mixed double