Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi have won their third title of the period and first at Cincinnati after 10 years. Indian Express title comes subsequent a hard-fought win over Michael Llodra and Nenad Zimonjic in the peak clash of the Western and Southern Open.
The third seeds edged past the fourth seeded French-Serbian grouping 7-6(4), 7-6(2) after battling for one hour and 41 minutes. If you had asked me 10 years ago if we would win here again 10 years later, I would have started amused that we'd still be playing, Leander said after the win.
It's a great feeling to come back and win in the summer. We didn't have so much rhythm in Europe, but we administer to put it together this week. We've beaten some really big team and are playing well. For us, it's a big self-assurance booster for the US Open, but we still have a lot of work to do there.
This is the third title of the season for the Indian Express as they had triumph at the Sony Ericsson Open and Chennai Open. Neither team drop give out in the match.They are the newest team and we had to play our best match of the year to beat them. We served and volleyed great, and play an error free match. When we had chances, we took them, Mahesh said.
The French-Serbian duo was look to win their third directly title, having won the Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington DC and the Rogers Cup in Montreal last week. The defeat snapped their superb 11-match win streak.