Paes in men's doubles final of French Open

NEW DELHI: Leander Paes kept the Indian challenge alive by advancing to the men's doubles final with Czech Lukas Dlouhy in Paris on Thursday. (Watch)
The third seeded Indo-Czech combination took one hour and 48 minutes to down their fancied rival 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5) in the semi-final match.
Paes and Dlouhy will now face Wesley Moodie of South Africa and Dick Norman of Belgium.The unseeded duo knocked off second-seeded Americans Bob and Mike Bryan 0-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4 in the early semifinal.
It was sweet revenge for Paes and Dlouhy as they had been beaten by Nestor and Zimonjic in the final at Rotterdam in February.
Nestor and Zimonjic had won four of five clay events coming into Paris and Tuesday's quarter-final win was their 20th on clay in their last 21 matches.