Dubai, Mar 3:
Veteran Leander Paes didn’t have the last laugh in his 97th ATP tour final as he lost in the summit clash of the men’s doubles event at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship.
The tournament is a USD 2.6 million ATP 500 event.
Paes and his American partner Jamie Cerretani lost to Jean-Julien Rojer of the Netherlands and Horia Tecau of Romania 2-6 6-7 (2-7) in 87 minutes in the summit clash.
For Rojer-Tecau pair, this was their 17th ATP title as a pair.
The 44-year-old legendary Indian, who is currently ranked 52nd in the world, had a good tournament until the finals.
In his 28th season on pro-circuit, Leander is now only three finals short of achieving a century of summit clashes on the tour.
It was Leander-Cerretani pair’s second serve, which let them down. While Tecau-Rojer had a success rate of 76 percent, the Indo-US pair stood at mere 42 percent.(PTI)
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