Paes-Dlouhy in French Open final

Leander Paes and Lucas Dlouhy entered the final of the men's doubles at the French Open after a thrilling victory over top seeds Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic in the semi-finals on Thursday.

The Indo-Czech pair needed two tie-breakers to quell the challenge of the Canadian-Serbian duo and emerge 7-6(4), 7-6(5) winners, and set up a meeting with South Africa's Wesley Moodie and Belgium's Dick Norman in the final.

This will be Paes's third French Open doubles final. On the earlier occasions, in 1999 and 2001, he went on to win the title with estranged partner Mahesh Bhupathi.

Unseeded Moodie-Norman staged a grand recovery after losing the first set 0-6 to shock the United States' Bryan twins Bob and Mike, seeded second, 0-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4 in the first semi-final.