Paes records win on his 42nd birthday

Paes records win on his 42nd birthday

FPJ BureauUpdated: Saturday, June 01, 2019, 12:59 AM IST
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London : Leander Paes celebrated his 42nd birthday by reaching the quarter-finals of the ATP Aegon Championships with Canadian partner Daniel Nestor at the Queen’s Club on Wednesday.

The third seeded Indo-Canadian pair fought off the challenge of unseeded Viktor Troicki and Roberta Bautista Agut 7-6 (3) 3-6 10-7 in the opening round of the Euro 1,696,645 grass court tournament.

It took Paes and Nestor an hour and 21-minutes match to douse the challenge of their unseeded rivals.  They next face the Spanish pair of Marc Lopez and multiple singles Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal.

Paes and Nestor used all their experience to prevail in the tie-breaker. —PTI

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