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Leander Paes, partner defeat top seeds in Salem
Leander Paes and his German partner Andre Begemann knocked out top seeds Lukasz Kubot and Nenad Zimonjic in straight sets to storm into the semi-finals of the ATP Winston-Salem Open, here.
Leander Paes and his German partner Andre Begemann knocked out top seeds Lukasz Kubot and Nenad Zimonjic in straight sets to storm into the semi-finals of the ATP Winston-Salem Open, here.
The unseeded Indo-German pair upset the Poland-Serbian combo 6-4, 6-4 in their quarter-final that lasted one hour and 16 minutes.
With this win, Paes now has a chance to play his first final of the season on ATP Tour. The 43-year-old legend, who has played a number of Challenger level tournaments this season, has seen his ranking plummet to 72.
Before this, reaching the semi-finals of the Delray Beach Open with Jeremy Chardy was Paes’ best show this season. They had lost to Mike and Bob Bryan.
It was a sort of revenge win for Paes, who had lost to the Polish duo of Kubot and Marcin Matkowski in the Olympics first round.
