Lee-Hesh give India 2-1 lead over Pak in Davis Cup tie

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Mumbai, Apr 8 (UNI) Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi turned on the magic as they routed the Pakistan pair of Asif Shafiq and Jalil Khan in a little over two hours giving India a 2-1 lead in the Davis Cup Asia Oceania Group I tie at the Brabourne stadium here today.

Paes and Bhupathi beat the Pak pair in straight sets 6-2 6-3 6-1.

The Indian pair proved to be too superior to the Pakistani due and both Pass and Bhupathi took control of the net from the beginning to snuff out any hopeso of die hard Pakistani fans to see their players win the match.

After the first two games had gone with the service, India got their first break when Jalil's service was broken to put the hosts 2-1 up.

This proved to be just the beginning as Shafiq was also broken in the fith game, before Paes and Bhupathi wrapped up the first set 6-2 in just 29 minutes.

The second set saw the Pakistani pair put up a semblance of a fight as after Shafiq was broken in the first game itself, they came bck to break Bhupathi's service in the sixth game level 3-3.

However, their joy was shortlived as Bhupathi and Paes broke Jalil's service immediately to continue to enjoy being a break-ahead.

The Indians then broke Shafiq's service in the ninth game to take the set 6-3.

The third set belonged totally to India as Bhupathi and Paes broke the Pakistani pair in the fourth and sixth games to pocket the set 6-1 and with it the match at 6-2, 6-3, 6-1.

The Pakistanis committed four double-faults while hitting three aces, while the Indians also committed four double faults with an equal number of aces.

Tomorrow, Prakash Amritraj will take on Pakistani number one Aisam Quereshi in the first reverse singles, while in the second, Rohan Bopanna is scheduled to take on Aqeel Khan. However, if Amritraj, who is down with cramps at the moment, loses to Aisam then Leabder Paes is likely to replace Bopanna for the final match.

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