Bhupathi-Knowles duo clinches Montreal Masters Cup

Bhupathi-Knowles duo clinches Montreal Masters CupIndia's Mahesh Bhupathi and his Bahamian partner Mark Knowles ousted the seventh seeded Max Mirnyi and Andy Ram to lift their fourth ATP title. The Indo-Bahamian pair defeated their opponents in straight sets 6-4, 6-3 in the finals of Montreal Masters Cup with prize money of $3 million.

Bhupathi-Knowles pair outsmarted their opponents with their solid serves in 1 hour and 12 minutes. This was fifth Canadian title for Bhupathi as he had won this title with his compatriot Leander Paes in 1997 and 2004, with Mirnyi in 2003 and with Vizner in 2007.

Bhupathi-Knowles had ousted the defending champion pair of Nestor of Canada and Serbia's Nenad Zimonjic in the semifinal to storm into their 10th ATP World Tour doubles final. With this win, they have also taken revenge of their defeat in Barcelona Open final and semi finals of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome against Nester and Nenad duo.

Bhupathi and Knowles have won 4 tour-level finals out of 10 finals together. The Indo-Bahamian pair had also made into the finals of the Australian Open and Barcelona Open earlier this year.