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Paes in double doubles’ finals at US Open

India tennis icon Leander Paes continued his dazzling US Open doubles run on Tuesday, posting two victories in one day to remain in the hunt for a pair of titles, the mixed doubles and the men’s doubles.

The 35-year-old veteran teamed with Czech Lukas Dlouhy to reach the men’s doubles semi-finals with a 6-3, 6-7 (2/7), 6-3 victory over Sweden’s Robert Lindstedt and Finland’s Jarkko Nieminen.

A few hours later, Paes returned to the Grandstand court and paired with Cara Black of Zimbabwe to defeat Sweden’s Jonas Bjorkman and Nadia Petrova of Russia 6-4, 6-4.

“I can’t complain,” Paes said. “I’ve been blessed. I’ve always enjoyed nice success here at the Open. I’m playing with passion. I’m motivated and it shows on court.”

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