Leander Paes with his Czech partner Radek Stepanek defeated Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna in the Shanghai Rolex Masters 1000 final by 6-7 (7-9), 6-3, 10-5.
The final was played for 1 hour and 36-minute at the Qizhong Stadium. Seventh seeded Bhupathi Bopanna started well and won the first set but Indo-Czech pair returned and won the next two sets.
Fourth seeded Paes and Stepanek with this win clinched their third title of the year. They received 1000 ATP ranking points and $669,450 in prize-money.
Paes (39) in the interview afterward said, "Today the two boys (Bhupathi and Bopanna) started off really well, right at the beginning they jumped on, we had to claw our way back. In the first set tiebreak, they played well, again we had to claw our way back. That's what is fun about our partnership, we keep learning, keep improving. Today was a bit more of a personal match for the three of us Indians. Radek came in and he made it fun for me."
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