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Paes loses

NEW DELHI, JAN. 22. Leander Paes, returning to action after a gap of five months, lost his comeback match when his Czech partner Tomas Cibulec and he crashed out of the men's doubles in the Australian Open in Melbourne on Thursday.

The 10th seeds Paes and Cibulec were upset 4-6 7-6 (7/5) 3-6 in the first round by Argentine Juan Ignacio Chela and Spaniard Oscar Hernandez, according to information received here.

Paes will also feature in the mixed doubles along with the legendary Martina Navratilova. The duo, also the defending champion, has been seeded fourth. The Indian Davis Cup hero was undergoing treatment for a lesion in the brain detected in August last year. — PTI

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