Paes - Dlouhy lost in the doubles finals
(Dubai Open)

TUESDAY 02, MAR 2010.

Second seeds Leander Paes and partner Lukas Dlouhy faltered at the final hurdle and went down in straight sets in the men’s doubles summit clash to finish runners-up in the Dubai Tennis Championships.

The Swede-Australian pair of Simon Aspelin and Paul Hanley defeated Dlouhy and Paes 6-2 6-3, much to the disappointment of Dubai’s large Indian population.

Paes and Dlouhy had no answers for the terrific forehand returns from Aspelin and from 30/40 in the third game, the unseeded pair won four of the next five games, dropping just three points on serve, to clinch the first set.

Dlouhy led 40/15 in the fifth game, but he hit three successive double faults as Hanley and Aspelin raced to a 4-2 lead.

Two games later, Dlouhy handed victory to Aspelin and Hanley with his eighth double fault of the match.

Aspelin and Hanley shared USD 113,450 in prize money and earned 500 ATP World Tour Doubles Rankings points. Dlouhy and Paes split USD 53,320 and 300 rankings points.