Bryans capture second US Open doubles title
Date: Friday, September 05 @ 15:32:34 CDT
Topic: Sport
By Sports Network The American twin Bryan brothers, Bob and Mike, won Friday's men's doubles final at the 2008 US Open. The second-seeded Bryans defeated a seventh-seeded tandem of Czech Lukas Dlouhy and Indian veteran Leander Paes 7-6 (7-5),...
![]() Indian tennis star Leander Paes and partner Zimbabwean Cara Black have won the mixed doubles title at the US Open. The couple beat Britain's Jamie Murray and his American partner Liezel Huber. Paes served out for the title as the match was won in one hour 20 minutes. Both Black, 29, and Paes, 35, have a chance to win more titles this week at Flushing Meadows. Paes now faces Friday's men's doubles final with Czech partner Lukas Dloughy. They play twins Bob and Mike Bryan. Black and Huber appear in the final of the women's doubles when they take on American Lisa Raymond and Australian Sam Stosur. This is the second US Open and fourth Grand Slam mixed doubles title for Paes. He won two Grand Slam mixed doubles titles with Martina Navratilova and another with Lisa Raymond, but this is the first time he partnered Cara Black. 'With a purpose' The Indian tennis star said he woke up with a purpose and was happy to get his hand to the title, after missing it twice in the past, news agency Press Trust of India reported. The trick in doubles is to find a good partner
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