Chandigarh, March 21 -- Indian ace tennis player Leander Paes, partnering Philipp Oswald of Austria, seeds second, won the first set with ease against Spainish pair of Guillermo Garcia-Lopez and David Vega-Hernandez by 6-1 but lost the second set and match tie-breaker to be beaten in the men's doubles by 1-6, 6-3, 10-4 in the €46,600 ATP Challenger Tennis Tournament in Lille (France). The match lasted 63 minutes.
On Wednesday, Oswald-Paes recorded 67 per cent first service in and won 26 out of 31 points on first service and 6 out of 15 points on second service. They, however, could not fully capitalize on winning break points. Out of 10, they could make use of only two.
Garcia-Lopez-Vega-Hernandez recorded 59 per cent of their first...