Paes-Begemann in Salem final

Veteran Leander Paes brushed off the disappointment of Rio Olympics as he and his German partner Andre Begemann made it to the final of the ATP Winston-Salem Open beating Swede Robert Lindstedt and Pakistan’s Aisam-ul Haq Qureshi in a close encounter. The Indo-German pair won 1-6 7-6 10-4 courtesy super tie-break.

By :  migrator
Update: 2016-08-27 14:34 GMT
Leander Paes

The duo will be meeting Spain’s Guillermo Garcia-Lopez and Finland’s Henri Kontinen. The Spanish-Finn pair beat had an easy outing in the semi-finals beating Croatia’s Mate Pavic and New Zealand’s Michael Venus 7-6 6-3. 

In the semi-final match, Paes and Begemann were broken twice as they surrendered the first set 1-6. In the second set, Paes-Begemann did well to hold their serve before clinching the tie-breaker as the Indian legend and seven-time Olympian was again at his best at the net.

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