Leander Paes regained his place in the top-50, courtesy a Challenger title win at the Newport Beach event. The triumph took the veteran Indian tennis star 14 places up, to 47 in the latest rankings, issued on Monday.
Kobe would have turned 42 on August 23.
Leander Paes won his second Challenger level title of the season, lifting the Santo Domingo Open trophy with partner Miguel Angel Reyyes-Varela.
Former world number one Lindsay Davenport has given birth to a baby girl, her agent said on Sunday.
Pete Sampras made his World Team Tennis (WTT) debut on Monday but denied he was going to come back on the tour
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Friday
It will be the second consecutive final for Paes and Angel, who also reached the final at Montrrey Challenger last week, ending runners-up to Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Marcelo Arevalo.
Feels like I have just started my career, says 35-year-old Seema Punia
Czech defending champion Katerina Siniakova fended off Maria Sharapova in a fiercely contested match at the Shenzhen Open on Friday to set up a final with world number one Simona Halep.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Friday
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Wednesday
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