India's tennis ace Leander Paes has been elected as one of the seven vice-presidents of Bengal Tennis Association (BTA). The Kolkata ace, who now lives in Mumbai, was not present at the Annual General Meeting on Saturday but has accepted the new role, which was offered to him sometime back.
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.
The Indian tennis ace says he wants 'something better than the bronze' he won at Sydney, at the Athens Games.
For veteran Leander Paes, the team of rookies fighting it out against South Korea are already 'winners', simply because they resisted the 'temptation' of joining the rebels.
The Indo-Serbian duo of third seeds Leander Paes and Janko Tipsarevic kept alive chances of a title showdown with the Indian pair of Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna after advancing to the semi-finals of the doubles event at the Aircel Chennai Open 2012 in Chennai on Friday.
Leander Paes is setting his eyes on nothing less than the gold medal at the upcoming Beijing Games.
The doubles ace said that Rohan Bopanna, Prakash Amritraj and he will not play against Japan if Leander Paes is continued as captain.
Paes and Black, who won the US Open mixed doubles title last year, were clearly the better pair in a rare match and also took advantage of the unforced errors committed by their opponents.
Bhupathi and Paes are in the separate half of the draw and may face each other in the final.
Leander Paes and Nenad Zimonjic beat the Bryan brothers 3-6, 7-6 (5), 7-5 in the quarterfinals.
Tennis ace Leander Paes on Monday assured himself of a berth in the London Olympics by retaining his position in the top-10 in the latest ATP doubles rankings, but Sania Mirza's fate continued to hang in balance.
Many years ago, Leander Paes acted on a whim when he asked Mahesh Bhupathi, "Would you like to win Wimbledon?" and the tennis star says what followed was a partnership that brought many trophies for India.
The crisis that has rocked Indian tennis deepened on Monday, with Rohan Bopanna officially snubbing the All India Tennis Association's offer to pair with Leander Paes in the men's doubles at the London Olympics.
Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi won their first round match at the Chennai Open, beating the Canadian-Swiss combine of Frank Dancevic and Stanislas Wawrinka on Monday.
India's Leander Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek advanced to the U S Open men's doubles semi-finals after a hard-fought win in the last-eight stage in New York on Tuesday.
The duo would now take on top seeds Knowles and Nestor in the Pacific Life tennis championship.
Indians had a reasonably good day in the Wimbledon doubles' competition with Leander Paes and Sania Mirza winning their respective matches but it was curtains for Mahesh Bhupathi, who was sent packing in the first round itself. Paes, partnering Czech Lukas Dlouhy, advanced to the third round with a 6-3, 7-6(3), 6-3 win over the combination of American Eric Butorac and Australian Ashley Fisher last night.
Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi made a successful return to the tour, advancing to the second round of the Ordina Open with a straight sets win over Yves Allegro and Sebastian Prieto on Tuesday. The former world No 1 pair, seeded second at Hertogenbosch, won 6-3, 7-6 (3).
Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi survived their respective tough first rounds to advance at the Australian Open.
Sixth-seeded Paes and Damm knocked out the Czech pair 6-1 6-2.\n\n
The second seeds beat the French combine of Jean-Francois Bachelot and Gregory Carraz in straight sets to enter the quarter-finals of the Chennai Open.
Playing their first tournament together in five months, third seeds Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek suffered an upset defeat against Jamie Murray and John Peers in the quarter-finals of the Aegon International.
Sixth seeds Leander Paes and Paul Hanley were beaten by Juan Ignacio Chela and Pablo Guevas 1-6, 4-6 in the second round of the Open Sabadell Atlantico tennis tournament on Wednesday.
They beat the third seeded pair of Mark Knowles of Bahamas and Elena Likhovtseva of Russia 6-2, 6-4 in a second round match.
Leander Paes says playing doubles with Mahesh Bhupathi was one of the worst decisions of his career. India's Davis Cup captain said he sacrificed his singles career by opting to team with Bhupathi in the late nineties.
Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi's French Open campaign was cut short in the second round following a straight-set defeat against local pair of Julien Benneteau and Michael Llodra in Paris on Sunday.
Leander Paes and Lucas Dlouhy staged a magnificent recovery to beat South Africa's Wesley Moodie and Belgium's Dick Norman and win the men's doubles title at the French Open in Paris on Saturday. The third seeded Indo-Czech pair turned in a solid display after losing the first set to emerge 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 winners over their unseeded opponents in the final that lasted a hundred minutes.
Leander Paes kept the Indian challenge alive at the French Open. Partnering Lukas Dlouhy, he advanced to the men's doubles semi-finals on Monday after a thwarting a late challenge from fifth seeds Bruno Soares of Brazil and Kevin Ullyett of Zimbabwe. The Indo-Czech duo won 6-2, 7-6(5) to set up a meeting with either top seeds Daniel Nestor of Canada/Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia or Russians Igor Kunitsyn/Dmitry Tursunov in the semi-finals.
Indian tennis legend Leander Paes celebrated his 40th birthday with a victory in the men's doubles first round at the Aegon International in Eastbourne, England, on Monday.
Leander Paes and Nenad Zimjonjic entered the doubles semifinals and seem to be setting up a clash with Bhupathi in the final.
Despite their differences, the duo are set to team up for India again at the 2008 Olympics, having finished fourth in Athens four years ago.
A shoulder muscle pull forced Rikl to retire from the first round match at the Mercedes Open.
Leander Paes is set to return to the Indian Davis Cup squad after making himself available for the upcoming tie against Pakistan as the country's top players and non-playing captain Mahesh Bhupathi have refused to travel to the neighbouring nation, citing security concerns.
Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi entered the third round of the men's doubles at Wimbledon while Paes and partner David Rikl lost their second round match.
Leander Paes and his Austrian partner Jurgen Melzer outplayed Indian duo of Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna to enter the quarter-finals of the men's doubles event of the Monte Carlo Masters.
Third seeded Indo-Serbian pair of Leander Paes and Janko Tipsarevic came back from the brink of defeat to beat second seeded American duo of Scott Lipsky and Rajeev Ram 6-2, 6-7 (7-1), 10-7.
Top seeded Indo-Czech pair of Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy stormed into the summit clash of the Thailand Open after inflicting a straight-set defeat on Fabrice Santoro and Jo-Wilfred Tsonga in Bangkok on Saturday.
India's veteran tennis star Leander Paes rejected the compromise formula of the All India Tennis Association (AITA) and has decided to pull out of the 2012 Olympics in London.
The All India Tennis Association on Friday selected Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi for the men's doubles event at the London Olympics, rejecting the latter's insistence on being paired with Rohan Bopanna in the mega-event next month.
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