January 4, 2011 8:31 AM

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Paes and Bhupathi beat Beijing Olympic Gold Medalist Wawrinka and Dansevic duo in first round of Chennai Open Tennis tournament

In Tennis, top seeded Indian pair Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi beat Beijing Olympic Gold Medalist Stans Wawrinka and Frank Dansevic combine 3-6, 7-6, 10-4 in a first round doubles match of the Aircel Chennai Open ATP Tournament. Coming together on the ATP Circuit after nine years in a bid to win that elusive Australian Open title, the Indian duo was staring at defeat in the second set tie-break, but Paes, who was off-colour till then, found his rhythm at the right moment and joined with Bhupathi to dish out high quality tennis with authority to script a memorable victory on Monday night. Paes expressed satisfaction over the victory. Earlier, wild card duo of Somdev Devvaraman and Sanam Singh made a disappointing exit losing to Dutch-American pair of Robin Haase and David Martin.Somdev and Sanam, failed to build momentum as they lost 7-5, 2-6, 8-10.

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