Bhupathi-Ancic win the doubles crown at Beijing Open
Sep 18th, 2006

The Indo-Croatian pairing of Mahesh Bhupathi and Mario Ancic beat Germany's Michael Berrer and Denmark's Kenneth Carlsen 6-4, 6-3 to win the doubles title at the USD 475,000 Beijing Open.The Indo-Croat duo played aggressive tennis before an appreciative crowd, who cheered them all along.

Bhupathi was at his best at the net and made several passing shots. He also made up for his slightly injured partner Anicic who, however, continued to torment his opponents with his trademark super-fast serves and aces.Bhupathi-Ancic made the crucial breaks in fifth game in the first set and seventh game in the second set, never allowed the German-Danish duo to overwhelm them in all aspects of the game.

For Ancic, it was a grueling day as he featured in the men's singles final against Marcos Baghdatis from Cyprus, who defeated him in straight set 6-2, 6-0 in a rather one-sided match after injuring in the first set.