Bhupathi-Knowles lose men's doubles final
30 Jan 2009

Mahesh Bhupathi's and Mark Knowles hopes of winnig the AO Doubles title ended when the pair lost to Bob and Mike Bryan 6-2,5-7,0-6

It was a perfect start to the proceedings for Bhupathi and Knowles as they broke the Americans in the opening game before racing to a 3-1 lead.Bhupathi and Knowles broke the Bryans once again in the fifth game to wrap up the opener in just 27 minutes.However, it all went downhill for them thereafter as Bryans roared back into the match.The second set went on serve and both the teams frittered away a break point each before the American edged past.

Bob and Mike earned a couple of break points in the 12th game and this time they made no mistake, converting the chance to make it 1-1.The third set completely belonged to the second seeds and they were simply unstoppable, breaking the Indo-Bahamian pair thrice to seal the match.

Sugiyama, Hantuchova loose Australian Open doubles final

Japan's Ai Sugiyama and Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia lost the Doubles final titile to Serena and Venus Williams 3-6,3-6 at the Australian Open.