Paes-Dlouhy crash out of Madrid Masters

By IANS,

Madrid : India’s Leander Paes and his Czech partner Lukas Dlouhy made a shock exit from the second round of the Madrid Masters, going down to Spaniards Pablo Andujar and Marcel Granollers who were playing their first tournament of the year together.


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Third seeds Paes and Dlouhy, who had a dream run with three consecutive finals including a title win at Bangkok Open, went down to the wild card pair 1-6, 6-3, 7-10.

The Spaniards next play eighth-seeded South Africans Jeff Coetzee and Wesley Moodie in the quarter-finals. Coetzee and Moodie beat Belarusian Max Mirnyi and Spaniard Tommy Robredo 6-7(5), 7-6(4), 10-8.

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