Paes-Dlouhy advance to second round

The Indo-Czech pair of Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy advanced to the doubles second round with a hard fought victory over Sweden's Johan Brunstrom and Jean-Julien Rojer of Netherland Antilles in the French Open.

Updated on: May 28, 2010, 14:25:48 IST

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India's Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy of the Czech Republic advanced to the doubles second round with a hard fought victory over Sweden's Johan Brunstrom and Jean-Julien Rojer of Netherland Antilles in the French Open.

Defending champions Paes and Dlouhy, seeded third, battled past Brunstrom and Rojer 6-3, 6-7 (6), 7-5 in a rain-affected contest that lasted over two hours on Thursday.

The Indo-Czech pair will next meet the winner of the match between German Philipp Marx/Slovak Igor Zelenay and Swiss Yves Allegro/German Andreas Beck.

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