Leander suffers setback at the Tokyo finals by dreamTennis Oct 05, 2008

Top seeded pair of Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy suffered shock loss to the russian pair in the finals of the $869,000 AIG Japan Open, Tokyo. This loss ends the unbeaten run for our team, who had won the Bangkok open last week and halts their 7 match wining streak. Incidently, our pair lost to the same team at the Halle Finals, making them 0-2. Results: 1st Round Guillermo Garcia-Lopez/Ivan Navarro 6/4, 7/5 2nd round Phillipp Petzschner / Alexander Peya 6/2, 7/6 (4) Semi's Robert Kendrick / Jarkko Nieminen 6/4, 7/6 (4) Finals Mikhail Youzhny / Mischa Zverev 6/3, 6/4