Saturday, January 28, 2012

Tennis News
At Australian Open 2012, Melbourne
Men's Doubles Final
Leander Peas (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) bt (1) Mike Bryan (USA)/ Bob Bryan (USA) 76(1) 62

Leander Paes completed his career grand slam after winning the Australian Open doubles title partnering Czech' Radek Stepanek ... They defeated Bryans in the final ... This was Leander's 5th doubles final at Australian open and in that 3 times he faced Bryan twins so this was sweet win for him or we can say 3rd time lucky ... Leander was emotional after winning this title ... After this win his career tally move to seven for doubles grand slam titles.

Lee had a perfect start in doubles final ... He was as usual awesome near the net and was hitting fine returns from back of the court ... They managed to put pressure on Bryans service games ... From late of the first set Radek Stepanek played amazing tennis ... His returns were too good and he was matching with Lee's net game ... In 8th game Lee made few errors on his serve but our pair managed to hold this service game ... In tie-break Lee and Radek take early mini-break, breaking Bob's serve on 1st point but on next point Lee hit volley in the net, 1-all ... After that our pair showed sublime tennis on the court and won next 6 points in that they 2 points on Mike's serve and 1 on Bob's to won the first set ... After winning the first set Lee and Radek kept increasing level of their game ... They were too good near the net and in returning ... They broke Bob's serve in 2nd game to take 3-0 lead ... Bryans tried hard in 7th game, they had a break point on Lee's serve but he saved ... Lee and Radek broke Mike's serve in 8th game to complete victory ... They converted 2nd match point when Mike double faulted ... Radek and Lee lost against Bryans at Sydney before Australian open in 2 tie-breaks but they take sweet revenge on this big stage beating twins in straight sets ... Lee and Radek were unseeded pair and they defeated 5 seeded pairs to won the title ... They defeated 14th seed in 2nd round, 3rd seed pair in 3rd round, 10th seed the quarter-final, 2nd seed in the semifinal and top-seed Bryans in the final.

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