Paes-Dlouhy reach US Open second round

NEW DELHI: India's Leander Paes and his Czech partner Lukas Dlouhy sailed into the second round of the US Open
men's doubles event with a win
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over Romanian pair of Victor Hanescue and Grabriel Trifu in first round.

The fourth seeded Indo-Czech pair defeated their rivals 7-6 (11), 7-6 (4).

Montreal Masters winners Mahesh Bhupathi and Bahmaian Knowles are yet to open their campaign against American James Cerretani and Lovro Zovko of Croatia.

Earlier, on Monday, Somdev Devvarman and Sania Mirza
notched up a rare double for India at the US Open by advancing to the second round of the season's last Grand Slam with contrasting opening wins at the Flushing Meadows.

While Sania opened with a roller-coaster 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 win over Olga Govortsova of Belarus in women's singles, qualifier Somdev got the better of Portugal's Frederico Gil 6-3, 6-4, 6-3 in the men's competition.