 "Santo Domingo Open: Leander Paes-Miguel Angel Reyyes-Varela fight back from one set down to win final")
New Delhi: Old warhorse Leander Paes showed he still had it as the veteran tennis star won his second Challenger level title of the season, lifting the Santo Domingo Open trophy with partner Miguel Angel Reyyes-Varela. [caption id=“attachment_5377341” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Miguel Angel Reyyes-Varela and Leander Paes lost the first set, but fought back to win the Santo Domingo Open. Twitter@micky_rv[/caption] The second seeded Indo-Mexican pair, playing its second consecutive final, came from behind to beat Ariel Behar and Roberto Quiroz 4-6, 6-3, 10-5 in the final, which lasted one hour and 26 minutes. Paes, who is ranked 69, added 110 ranking points to his tally and shared a prize purse of $7750 with his partner. Last week, the 45-year-old Paes and Angel ended runners-up at Monterrey Challenger to Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Marcelo Arevalo. Paes also ended runner-up at Chicago, Dallas on the ATP Challenger circuit and won the Newport Beach event in January. Apart from these, Paes also reached the final of Winston-Salem Open and Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on the ATP World Tour, ending runner-up with Jamie Cerretani in both the tournaments.
Leander Paes and Miguel Angel Reyyes-Varela beat Ariel Behar and Roberto Quiroz 4-6, 6-3, 10-5 in the final of the Santo Domingo Open, which was just Leander Paes’ second title of the year.
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