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Leander Paes, Stanislas Wawrinka move to 2nd round of Cincinnati Open

 Leander Paes and Stanislas Wawrinka overcame a sluggish start to beat Kevin Anderson and Jeremy Chardy in the opening round of the Western and Southern Open, the ATP Masters event, here.

Leander Paes, Stanislas Wawrinka move to 2nd round of Cincinnati Open

Cincinnati: Leander Paes and Stanislas Wawrinka overcame a sluggish start to beat Kevin Anderson and Jeremy Chardy in the opening round of the Western and Southern Open, the ATP Masters event, here.

The unseeded Indo-Swiss pair dispatched the South African-French combo 1-6 6-1 10-6 to make it to the second round of the USD 4,457,065 hard court tournament.

Paes and singles World No. 5 Wawrinka are contesting their second tournament together, having reached the quarter-finals at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event in Paris last October.

They now face eighth seeds Canada's Vasek Pospisil and local boy Jack Sock, whom they beat 6-1 6-4 in Paris.