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At US Open 2009, New York

Final
(4) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) bt (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) 36 63 62

Yesterday Leander Paes lifted his 6th doubles Grand slam title and 3rd US Open title ... Partnering Czech Lukas Dlouhy this was his second grand slam title of the year, they already won French Open 09 ... Lee and Lukas completed superb comeback victory after losing first set ... So this was also missed chance for Mahesh Bhupathi to win his 5th doubles grand slam title ... In last 7 yrs he didn't win any Mens doubles title, his last Mens doubles title was at 2002 US Open with Max Mirnyi.

Last year also Leander reached finals of Mens doubles and Mixed doubles finals and after losing Mens doubles title he won Mixed doubles title, this year he did vice-versa winning Mens doubles title after losing Mixed doubles title.

Mahesh and Knowles had a good start by breaking Paes in the 2nd game to take 2-0 lead but Lee and Lukas immediately broke Mark's serve and make it 2-all ... Mahesh and Mark again broke Lee's serve in 6th game and this time Mark hold to gave them lead of 5-2 ... Then Mahesh served for the set with easy hold.

In second set also Mahesh and Knowles had excellent start .. They broke Dlouhy serve in the first game and then Mahesh hold his serve to 2-0 lead ... But then Lee played really very inspiring game on net and from backside of the court to brought them into the match ... They won next 4 games to lead first time in the match ... Lee played amazing service returns on Mahesh's serve in 6th game and converted 5th break point for first time breaking Mahesh's serve in the match to lead 4-2 ... I feel this was turning point of the match as after that Lee and Lukas were complementing each other games ... In next service game Mahesh and Mark again broke Lee's serve to bring it on serves ... But again Lee and Lukas broke Mark's serve and then Lukas hold his serve to won second set on third set point.

In third set Lee and Lukas were playing with the momentum, errors from Mark and Mahesh gave crucial break for Lee and Lukas ... In next game Lee and Lukas saved 3 break point chances before holding their serve ... In 7th game they again broke Mark's serve and then hold their serve on luv to scored very entertaining and emotional victory.