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Australian Open: Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek knocked out

Thursday, Jan 17, 2013, 13:02 IST | Place: Melbourne | Agency: IANS

Paes and Stepanek were stunned in straight sets 3-6, 5-7 by South African Kevin Anderson and Israeli Jonathan Erlich in the first round of the Australian Open.

Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek
Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek - Getty Images

India’s Leander Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek were stunned in straight sets 3-6, 5-7 by South African Kevin Anderson and Israeli Jonathan Erlich in the first round of the Australian Open tennis here today.

The Indo-Czech pair just could not get going in the first set and thought they fought back in the second set only to be edged out in the end.