The Indo-Czech duo of Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek will clash with Jarkko Nieminen of Finland and Russian Dmitry Tursunov today in the men's doubles first round of the US Open Tennis Tournament at New York. In another match, the Indo-German pair of Mahesh Bhupathi and Philipp Petzschner will take on the Canadian duo of Daniel Nestor and Vasek Pospisil. In women's doubles, the Indo-Chinese combine of Sania Mirza and Jie Zheng will meet German player Annika Beck and Monica Puig of Puerto Rico in the first round. Meanwhile, India's Somdev Devvarman has advanced to the second round of the tournament by defeating Lukas Lacko of Slovakia, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 .
News On AIR | August 29, 2013 1:09 PM
US Open: Paes, Bhupati , Sania to open campaign; Somdev in 2nd round