Leander Paes completes career grand slam in doubles

Leander Paes of India completed his career grand slam after winning the Australian Open doubles title partnering with Radek Stepanek of  Czech Republic. This is Paes' sixth doubles grand slam title.

 

Indian Leander Paes and Czech partner Radek Stepanek win men's doubles Australian Open grand slam title.

Leander Paes and Czech partner Radek Stepanek pulled off a stunning upset 7-6 (7-1) 6-2 win against top seeded American brothers Bob and Mike Bryan in the Australian Open men's doubles final at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne.

It denied the Bryan brothers a sixth Australian doubles title and leaves them still tied on 11 grand slam titles  with Australian legendary pair of Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde.

 

Radek Stepanek and Leander Paes beat the No.3, No.2 and No.1 seeds in the doubles to win their first grand slam together 

 

Radek Stepanek celebrates with Leander Paes after winning the Australian Open doubles title beating the top seeded Bryan brothers

 

The Bryan brothers congratulating Leander and Stepanek after they won the Australian Open doubles title

 

Leander Paes emotional and consoled by Czech partner Stepanek after they won the Australian Open doubles title and thus completing Leander's career grand slam in doubles. 

 

Leander Paes, Radek Stepanek and the Bryan brothers pose with their Australian Open trophies

Pics courtesy: Australian Open site and Getty Images

A second title eluded Leander Paes at the Australian Open as he and his Russian partner Elena Vesnina ended runners-up in the mixed doubles event after being beaten by Horia Tecau and Bethanie Mattek-Sands in the finals.   The fifth-seeded Indo-Russian pair lost 3-6, 7-5, 3-10 to the eighth-seeded Romanian-American combination.

 The doubles due of Leander and Stepanek looks good to win a few more slams this year.. lets hope they do that.. :)