Paes-Dlouhy in Dubai Open final

Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy stormed into the final of the Duabi Tennis Championships after registering a come-from-behind win over Christopher Kas and Dick Norman in Dubai on Friday night.

The second seeded Indo-Czech pair beat the German-Belgian combination 2-6, 7-6(6), 10-7 in the semi-finals of the US $1,619,500 hard court event.

Paes and Dlouhy will clash with unseeded Simon Aspelin of Sweden and Paul Hanley of Australia in the summit clash.

Aspelin and Hanley overcame the challenge of Spaniards Feliciano Lopez and Tommy Robredo 6-2, 3-6 14-12 in the other semi-final.