Comeback win for Indian pair

8220;A real scrape through, but good practice,8221; exclaimed Paes, to The Indian Express, after the match. Up next for the duo is the pair of Daniel Nestor and Mark Knowles.

The Indians, winners at Cincinnati in 2001, were up against a team that was playing for the first time. In the first set, they squandered a possible break in the 10th after messing up with three break-points.

Trading serves therafter the game went into the tie breaker. The Indians ran up a 5-1 advantage but it was the Czech duo that took the set. In the second set, howevere, the Czechs returned the compliments to keep the Indians in fray.

The Indians lost track in the third game. At 3-1, the Czechs on serve won the 6th and 8th at love and ran up a 5-3 advantage. But the ninth game saw the Indians stage a comeback. After trailing 0-30 they broke the Czechs in the next game. Having shared 10 games, Mahesh served in the 11th and the Indians won without conceeding a point before putting an end to the Czech misery that lasted two hours and 37 minutes. With this win, the Indian pair has taken their Cincinnati win-loss record to 8-1.