Lee-Hesh lose doubles final in London

Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes were denied a first doubles title at Queen's as the Indian duo were beaten 6-7 (2/7), 7-6 (7/4), 10-6 by top seeds Bob and Mike Bryan on yesterday.


Leander Paes (left) with Mahesh Bhupathi

Bhupathi and Paes were defeated by the Bryan brothers in the Australian Open final in January and once again they came up short against the world's number one ranked pair.

Third seeds Bhupathi and Paes had beaten French Open champions Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor in the semi-finals of this Wimbledon warm-up event and they had a good chance to win the final as well.

Meanwhile, India's Sania Mirza is one step away from making the main draw of WTA AEGON tournament after beating Georgia's Anna Tatishvili 6-2, 3-6, 6-3.