Leander's father said tennis legend Martina Navratilova has rekindled his son's zest for the game.\n\n
The defending champions got a walk over from Argentine Lucas Arnold and Angelique Widjaja of Indonesia in the second round.
Veteran Indian star Leander Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek sailed into the Australian Open quarter-finals after a straight-set win over the unseeded pair of Yuki Bhambri and Michael Venus in the men's doubles competition in Melbourne on Sunday.
Mahesh Bhupathi and Jamie Murray fell to top seeds Mike and Bob Bryan in the second round.
Third seeds Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi crashed out of the Rome Masters after being outplayed in the super tie-breaker by Americas Sam Querrey and John Isner in the second round. The ace Indian pair was beaten 3-6, 6-3, 5-10 by their unseeded opponents in 72 minutes.
Leander Paes-Martin Damm will face Mahesh Bhupathi-Pavel Vizner in the quarter-finals of the Montreal Masters.
The Indo-Czech duo beat Chris Haggard and Ivo Karlovic 6-7 (3), 6-3, 10-8 in the quarterfinals.
The Indian ace and his partner Samantha Stosur lost in the quarter-finals of the mixed doubles.
Seventh seeds Leander Paes-Radek Stepanek caused a major upset, beating formidable top seeds Mike and Bob Bryan 6-4, 6-4, but Mahesh Bhupathi-Rohan Bopanna went down 2-6, 4-6 to second seeds Max Mirnyi of Belarus and Canada's Daniel Nestor.
The Indo-Czech duo beat the United States pair of Scott Lipsky and David Martin at Wimbledon.
They beat South Africa's Chris Haggard and Marcin Matkowski of Poland in their first round match at Wimbledon.
The last couple of times they reached a Grand Slam final, Leander Paes and Cara Black ended up on the losing side and the pair will aim to break that jinx in the Australian Open mixed doubles summit clash in Melbourne on Sunday.
The Indo-Czech duo beat Spaniards David Ferrer and Tommy Robredo 7-6(5), 6-4 at the Miami Masters.
The duo defeated French pair Stephanie Foretz and Nicolas Devilder to enter the second round of the mixed doubles at the French Open.
Defending champions Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek were knocked out of the Australian Open after going down in straight sets in their opening round men's doubles match in Melbourne, on Thursday. The second-seeded Indo-Czech pair lost 3-6, 5-7 to South Africa's Kevin Anderson and Israel's Jonathan Erlich in 89 minutes.
Leander Paes now stands 11th in the individual category of ATP Doubles Entry Rankings released on Monday.
Warring partners Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi have been seeded second at the Ordina Open tennis tournament in Rosmalen, where they take court to prepare for the forthcoming Beijing Olympics. The Indian Express is up against the unseeded pair of Switzerland's Yves Allegro and Argentine Sebastian Prieto in the first round of the grass court event.
Leander Paes of India and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek stunned American pair of Bob and Mike Bryan to clinch the Australian Open men's doubles trophy.
Leander Paes is in line for two titles at the Australian Open. The Indian ace and Russia's Elena Vesnina staged a grand recovery to enter the mixed doubles final, even as Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi bowed out after their semi-final defeat on Friday.
India's miserable campaign at the Wimbledon ended as defending mixed doubles champions Leander Paes and Martina Hingis were knocked out in the third round by scratch pair of Britain's Heather Watson and Finland's Henri Kontinen, who played their first match together.
The Indian tennis aces, playing with new partners, will meet in the penultimate round of the doubles at the Thailand Open.
Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi had things their way as India ruled the tennis courts at the Commonwealth Games on Tuesday. The top seeded and favorites sailed into the men's doubles quarter-finals with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Sri Lanka's Thangarajah Dineshkanthan and Amresh Jayawickreme in the first round.
Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek outplayed Daniele Bracciali and Frantisek Cermak in straight sets to storm into final of the ATP Japan Open in Tokyo.
The Indo-Czech duo beat Austria's Julian Knowle and Jurgen Melzer 6-4, 6-7 (1), 10-6 over in the second round.
Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek overcame a second-set lapse to defeat Andy and Jamie Murray and enter the semi-finals of the US $1,280,565 ATP Japan Open, in Tokyo, on Friday. The top seeded Indo-Czech pair defeated the British brothers 6-4, 3-6, 10-2 in 77 minutes.
The Indo-Czech duo beat Jonas Bjorkman and Max Mirnyi to enter the final of the Pacific Life Open tennis tournament.
'There has not been a single Indian player in the top 100 of the ATP rankings after Paes, which is not a happy situation,' said the former tennis ace.
Leander Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek stormed into the semifinals of the US Open men's doubles event after getting the better of Julian Knowle of Austria and Slovakia's Filip Polasek in straight sets in New York.
Indian veteran Leander Paes and his doubles partner Hugues Herbert turned it around remarkably for the Japan Warriors, who beat UAE Royals 24-21 to record their first win of the tournament in the opening match of the International Premier Tennis League's India leg in New Delhi.
Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy crashed out of the ATP Rome Masters after being handed a straight-set defeat by the seventh seeded Polish-Austrian pair of Lukasz Kubot and Oliver Marach in the quarter-finals in Rome.
Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek overcame a stiff challenge from Kevin Anderson and Sam Querry to progress to the quarter-finals of the Shanghai Masters.
The tennis ace said the close defeat in the men's doubles bronze medal match will haunt him for a long time to come.
Tennis ace Leander Paes on Monday met Puducherry Chief Minister V Vaithilingam for his project to set up a Sports Science-cum-Medicine and Training centre in Puducherry.
Leander Paes and Elena Vesnina will have to wait for their first Grand Slam title together having lost a closely fought Wimbledon mixed doubles final against Mike Bryan and Lisa Raymond, on Sunday.
Veteran Leander Paes was the lone Indian left in the fray at Wimbledon after reaching the mixed doubles quarter-finals on Thursday.
Indian tennis duo Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi marched into the quarter-finals of the men's doubles competition of the US Open with a straight-set victory over compatriot Somdev Devvarman and his Filipino partner Treat Conrad Huey in New York on Monday.
Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek survived a first round scare but Sania Mirza and Cara Black were dumped from the women's doubles event of the Wimbledon Championships in London on Sunday.
The seventh seeded Indo-Czech pair lost 6-7 (3-7), 2-6 on Centre Court last evening.
The Indo-Czech pair was beaten by the Australian-Zimbabwean pair of Paul Hanley and Kevin Ullyett in the Rogers Cup.
They upset second seeds Sweden's Jonas Bjorkman and Max Mirnyi of Belarus in the quarter-finals.
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