Paes-Dlouhy storm into Brisbane ATP finals

Brisbane: Top seeds Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy today earned a shot at the title of the season opener

ATP Brisbane International event after overcoming a second set lapse against Jurgen Melzer and Philipp Petzschner here. The Indo-Czech pair edged past unseeded Austrian-German pair 6-4 0-6 10-7 in the semifinal of the USD 372,500 hard court event. They will meet the winners of the Andy Roddick/James Blake vs Jeremy Chardy/ Marc Gicquel semifinal match in Sunday`s summit clash. Paes and Dlouhy had got a quarter-final walk over from Australian pair of Ashley Fisher and Stephen Huss, yesterday. PTI