Australian Open: Bhupathi-Knowles in men’s doubles final

Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles reached to the men’s doubles final in the Australian Open. The pair thrashed Lukasz Kubot and Oliver Marach 6-3, 6-1 to reach the final.

Bhupathi now has a chance to grab his fifth men’s doubles Grand Slam title, first Australian Open title and 11th overall.

The winners improved on their last year’s performance here as they had lost the semi-finals. This is also for the second time that Bhupathi has reached the final of the Australian Open.

Last time he made the finals of the men’s doubles at Australian Open was in 1999 with his estranged partner Leander Paes.

It’s been a long time that he won a men’s doubles title at a Grand Slam event. It was way back in 2002 that he annexed the title at the US Open with Max Mirnyi.