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French Open 2016: Paes-Matkowski enter quarters after upsetting fourth-seeded Soares-Murray

The sixteenth seeds defeated the fourth seeded pair 7-6 (5) 7-6 (4) in a thrilling encounter at Roland Garros.

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Marcin Matkowski (R) of Poland and Leander Paes (L) of India in action during the Men's Doubles third round match against Jamie Murray of Great Britain and Bruno Soares of Brasil on day eight of the 2016 French Open at Roland Garros on May 29, 2016 in Paris, France.
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India's Leander Paes entered the French Open men's doubles quarterfinals along with partner Marcin Matkowski. They stunned fourth seeded combination of Bruno Soares and Jamie Murray 7-6 (5) 7-6 (4).

Paes and his Polish partner converted one break chance that they got in the opening set, while Soares and Murray could make use of just one of the five breakpoints that they got.
The set eventually went into a tie-break, which the Indo-Polish pair clinched to take an upper hand.

The second set also went into the tie-break, where Paes and Matkowski managed to held on to their nerves to wrap up the match in style.
The Indo-Polish combo will next take on the formidable Bryan Brothers -- Bob and Mike. 

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