Leander Paes-Mahesh Bhupathi clinch Chennai Open title

The ‘Indian Express’ duo of Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi roared in the final as they defeated their opponents in a thrilling match to lift the Chennai Open doubles title, here on Sunday.

Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi beat Dutch- American pair of Robin Hasse and David Martin 6-2, 6-7, 10-7 to clinch their fifth Chennai Open title.

“And they do it!!! well done lee and hesh. Truly well deserved and long overdue,” congratulated Abhishek Bachchan.

“another wonderful moment.watching leander and mahesh win in chennai.these two were born to play with each other,” tweeted popular TV presenter Harsha Bhogle.

Surely, the experienced Indian pair gave a nice start to the year with this victory, now it will be interesting to see how they perform in the Australian Open in the coming days after gaining the the much needed momentum from this tournament.