Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek won Australian Open men’s doubles title as they defeated the top seeds Bryan brothers of America who were searching for their record 12th men's Grand Slam doubles title on Saturday .
Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek won in straight sets 7-6 (7/1), 6-2 and this was the first victory for Paes over top seeds American twins Bob and Mike Bryan in a final after five defeats in title matches. Leander Paes also completes his career Grand Slam of doubles titles with this Australian open final victory.
Before this Australian Open 2012 the Indian doubles specialist Leander Paes had won 47 career doubles titles with 11 different partners, including one with Stepanek, who now claims his first Grand Slam doubles title.
"I know what this means for him (Paes) because this title was missing from his career Grand Slam, and I'm happy I can be by his side," Stepanek said.
First set was very tight with just a single break point for each pairing and no breaks of serve, but Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek dominated the tie break to win it for 7-1.
And there was no looking back in the second set as Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek broke the Bryans' serve in the second game of the second set and won easily in the end.
This was Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek’s fourth Tour-level event together, and they had lost to the Bryan brothers in straight sets in both their previous meetings.
The result means the Bryans remain on 11 titles, sharing the record for the number of men's titles in the open era with Australia's Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde.
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