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Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Bhupathi-Paes overcomes the Djokovics' Dubai Campaign


            Top seeds Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes advanced to the quarter-finals of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Tuesday with a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Novak Djokovic and his younger brother, Marko Djokovic, who had taken a wild card into the ATP World Tour 500 hard-court tennis tournament.
             The Indian pairing, who won the Dubai title in 1998, converted six of eight break points to clinch victory in 57 minutes. They reunited at the start of the season to great success, winning the Aircel Chennai Open title (d. Haase-Martin) and reaching the final of the Australian Open (l. to Bryans).

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