Leander Paes dazzles on way to the quarters

Leander Paes dazzles on way to the quarters

Mumbai, February 15: Playing the serve and volley game to perfection, Paes, first broke Welgreen in the eighth game, after dropping his own in the seventh game to equalise the score at 4-all. Paes, again dropped his serve in the ninth game, with a double fault, but fought back well to break his opponent in tenth game to make it 5-all. The players held their serves in the next two games to force a tie-break.

Welgreen held his serve in the ninth game but trailed 4-5 and was breathing down Paes' neck, However, the Indian kept his cool and served out the match at 6-4.

Top seeded Fillippo of Italy too had no problems beating qualifier Boris Borgula 6-3, 6-1 in 50 minutes while second seed and another Italian Vincenzo Santopadre needed one hour 35 minutes to sideline unseeded Ladislav Svarc of Slovakia 7-5, 6-4.