Leander Paes and his Austrian partner Jurgen Melzer moved into the semi—finals of the men’s doubles Rogers Cup while Sania Mirza and her American partner lost in the the quarter—finals of women’s doubles here.
Paes and Melzer won a tough match against Polish duo Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski 7—6 (5), 4—6, 10—6 in Toronto Saturday.
The fifth seeds will next take on Olympic champions Mike and Bob Bryan of the US, who sealed their spot with a 7—5, 6—1 win over Australia’s Paul Hanley and Serbian Nenad Zimonjic.
Meanwhile in Montreal, Sania and Bethanie Mattek—Sands lost to third seeded Russian—Slovak pair Nadezda Petrova and Katarina Srebotnik 6—1, 5—7, 5—10.
Keywords: Leander Paes, Rogers Cup
