![\"Leander](\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Leander-Paes-Australian-Open.jpg\")
Melbourne: Veteran Leander Paes and his mixed doubles partner Martina Hingis were knocked out of the Australian Open in a 3-6, 2-6 defeat by Sam Groth and Samantha Stosur in the quarter-finals here on Thursday.<\/p>\nMelbourne: Veteran Leander Paes and his mixed doubles partner Martina Hingis were knocked out of the Australian Open in a 3-6, 2-6 defeat by Sam Groth and Samantha Stosur in the quarter-finals here on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The Indo-Swiss pair went down without putting up much of a fight, surrendering in only 55 minutes at Melbourne Park.<\/p>\n
The Australian pair were dominant from the start, hitting as many as 12 aces in the match, nine more than their opponents.<\/p>\n
They also hit 29 winners, nine more than the experienced Paes-Martina, and won 56 of the total 93 points played in the match, converting four of the seven break points received.<\/p>\n
The Indo-Swiss pair, unseeded, never got the measure of their Australian opponents’ serves, and only received one break point in the entire match but failed to utilise it.<\/p>\n
Paes-Martina didn’t hit upon any rhythm in the match. They committed too many unforced errors that contributed to their downfall.<\/p>\n
A backhand error led to the Australian pair reaching match point and then they sealed the fate of the contest with a forehand winner.<\/p>\n
Paes’ serve proved to be the weak link in the contest which the Australians exploited tellingly.<\/p>\n
Paes was broken in the fifth game of the first set, as Groth-Samantha took a 3-2 lead, then held serve to consolidate the lead to 4-2.<\/p>\n
The Indian was broken again in the ninth game as Groth-Samantha won the set with a backhand winner.<\/p>\n
Paes’ serve was broken twice in the second set, in the fourth game to trail 1-3 and again in the eighth game as the veteran duo conceded the match.<\/p>\n
Paes and Martina defeated Australians Casey Dellacqua and Matt Reid 6-2, 6-3 in their pre-quarters match on Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Melbourne: Veteran Leander Paes and his mixed doubles partner Martina Hingis were knocked out of the Australian Open in a 3-6, 2-6 defeat by Sam Groth and Samantha Stosur in the quarter-finals here on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The Indo-Swiss pair went down without putting up much of a fight, surrendering in only 55 minutes at Melbourne Park.<\/p>\n
The Australian pair were dominant from the start, hitting as many as 12 aces in the match, nine more than their opponents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32644,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[268,466,376,11567,13902,1824,12894],"class_list":["post-32645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis-tennis","tag-australian-open","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-leander-paes","tag-martina-hingis","tag-sam-groth","tag-samantha-stosur","tag-tennis-news"],"yoast_head":"\n