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Past NCAA Doubles Champion Cruises Into Quarters At Olympics

8/13/2008 | Men's Tennis

BEIJING Mahesh Bhupathi, 1995 NCAA Doubles Champion at Ole Miss, and his partner, Leander Paes, moved closer to an Olympic medal Wednesday, as they cruised into the quarterfinals with a straight sets win over the Brazilian pair of Marcelo Melo and Andre Sa.

 

The seventh seeded Indian pair beat Melo-Sa 6-4, 6-2 in just over an hour, in the round of 16.  They will meet the winner of the match between fourth seeds Roger Federer/Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland and Russia’s Dmitry Tursunov/Mikhail Youzhny.

 

To follow all the action at the Olympics, go to www.nbcolympics.com.

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