News

The men’s and women’s doubles finals have been set for the 2011 Western & Southern Open. The No. 3 seeds Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes take on the No. 4 seeds Michael Llodra and Nenad Zimonjic in the ATP final.

 

For the women, the No. 3 seeds Vania King and Yaroslava Shvedova face unseeded Natalie Grandin and Vladmira Uhlirova.

 

Finalists at the Australian Open earlier this year and the 2001 Cincinnati titlists Bhupathi and Paes defeated 11-time Grand Slam tournament champions Bob and Mike Bryan 1-6, 7-6(2), 10-7.

 

Their opponents Llodra and Zimonjic have won titles two consecutive weeks at Montreal and Washington.

 

Budapest finalists Grandin and Uhlirova upset the World No. 1 and 2011 Wimbledon champions Kveta Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik 6-1, 6-4 to advance to the fifth championship match of their partnership.

 

The No. 3 seeds King and Shvedova, who won the 2010 Wimbledon and US Open titles and made the 2011 French Open semifinals, defeated Ekaterina Makarova and Zheng Jie 6-1, 6-3. This is their second final of the year.