Leander Paes enters second round in men’s doubles

Melbourne: India’s Leander Paes and South Africa’s Raven Klaasen entered the second round of the Australian Open doubles tennis tournament beating American pair of Scott Lipsky and Rajeev Ram 6-4, 7-6 (6) here on Wednesday.

The Indo-South African duo, seeded 10th, took 91 minutes to win the match, breaking the opponents serve once in the first set.

They hit 35 winners on their way to victory.

They will now face the winners of the match between Americans Steve Johnson and Sam Querrey and the Italian duo of Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini.

IANS