Tennis at the 2010 Asian Games – Men's doubles explained

Event:Men's doubles
Games:2010 Asian Games
Venue:Aoti Tennis Centre
Dates:17–22 October
Competitors:52
Nations:16
Gold:Somdev Devvarman
Sanam Singh
Goldnoc:IND
Silver:Gong Maoxin
Li Zhe
Silvernoc:CHN
Bronze:Cho Soong-jae
Kim Hyun-joon
Bronzenoc:KOR
Bronze2:Yi Chu-huan
Lee Hsin-han
Bronzenoc2:TPE
Prev:2006
Next:2014
Quadrennial:yes
Multi:yes
Type:mixed and team

See main article: Tennis at the 2010 Asian Games.

At the 2010 Asian Games in the men's doubles tennis event, Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes did not defend the title as they were both involved in the season-ending Tour Finals.In the final, Somdev Devvarman and Sanam Singh defeated Gong Maoxin and Li Zhe 6–3, 6–7(4), [10–8].

Tie-breaks were used for the first two sets of each match, which was the best of three sets. If the score was tied at one set all, a 'super tie-break' (the first pairing to win at least 10 points by a margin of two points) would be used.

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time

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Wednesday, 17 November 2010 10:00 1st round
Friday, 19 November 2010 12:00 2nd round
Saturday, 20 November 2010 11:30 Quarterfinals
Sunday, 21 November 2010 10:00 Semifinals
Monday, 22 November 2010 14:45 Final

Results

Legend

Bottom half

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