Victory for Paes on 40th birthday

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Press Trust of India Eastbourne (Britain)
Last Updated : Jun 18 2013 | 1:55 AM IST
Indian tennis legend Leander Paes today celebrated his 40th birthday with a victory in the men's doubles first round at the Aegon International here.
Third seeds Paes and his partner Czech partner Radek Stepanek advanced to the quarterfinals after posting a 5-7 7-6(5) 10-6 win in one hour and 35 minutes over Croat-Brazilian pairing of Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo on the grass courts of Devonshire Park.
After losing the close first set the Indo-Czech pairing fought back to win the second in the tiebreaker and dominated the super tiebreak to make the last-eight clash.
The third seeds converted three of the five break points they got in the match.
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First Published: Jun 18 2013 | 1:55 AM IST

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