Paes and Sania get seeds in US Open
Aug 30th, 2006

Leander Paes and Sania Mirza were seeded sixth and seventh in the men's and women's doubles respectively at the US Open Grand Slam tennis. Paes and Czech Republic's Martin Damm will take on Czech duo Petr Pala and Robin Vik in the first round. The Indian star is in the top half of the draw which also features his compatriot and former partner Mahesh Bhupathi.

Bhupathi, partnering Xavier Malisse of Belgium, will come up against Leos Friedl of Czech Republic and Russian Mikahil Younzhny in the opening encounter. Sania is paired with South African Liezel Huber with whom she won the Bangalore Open title and reached the final in two other WTA Tour events.