Indian tennis star Leander Paes was ruled out of the upcoming Davis Cup World Group play-off tie against Japan as he has not recovered from the back injury, he suffered during the US Open.
Paes and his former partner Mahesh Bhupathi also advanced into the mixed doubles at the Australian Open.
The Indian duo of Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi will take on the winner of the match between Serbs Janko Tipsarevic-Viktor Troicki and the Spanish combo of Marc Lopez-Rafael Nadal in the second round of the ATP Western and Southern Open in Cincinnati.
The seventh seeded Indo-Czech pair lost to third seeds Jonas Bjorkman of Sweden and Todd Woodbridge of Australia in the quarter-finals of the Miami masters.
The fifth-ranked doubles pair lost to Jonathan Elrich and Andy Ram of Israel in the Paris Masters.
The Indo-Serbian pair shocked fourth seeds Michael Llodra and Fabrice Santoro in the semi-finals of the Madrid Masters on Saturday.
The upcoming non-fiction series Break Point will give fans an insight into his fractured but successful professional pairing with doubles partner Mahesh Bhupathi, revealed Leander Paes, on Friday.
'All Mahesh needed to do was send an e-mail to Leander that he was not being considered in final four and mark a copy to AITA'
India's Leander Paes on Monday described his 12th Grand Slam title triumph at the Wimbledon mixed doubles as a "wonderful" feeling, which holds a "special" place in his heart.
Third seeds Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi saved a match point en route to a hard-fought three-set win over Oliver Marach and Janko Tipsarevic to book a berth in the final of the Sony Ericsson Open tennis tournament in Miami.
Leander Paes and Paul Hanley beat Mahesh Bhupathi and Justin Gimelstob to enter the final of the Thailand Open.
Fourth seeds Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy crashed out of the Miami Masters after a shocking straight sets defeat at the hands of the unseeded Czech-Slovak pair of Frantisek Cermak and Michal Mertinak in the men's doubles second round. The Indo-Czech combine went down 3-6, 3-6 in the just over an hour. In a match that was surprisingly lop-sided, the fourth seeds were left to rue missed opportunities, as they frittered away three break-points in the first set itself.
Leander Paes beat Simon Rea to guide India to a 3-2 win over New Zealand in the Davis Cup Asia-Oceania Group 1 first round.
The Indian challenge at the BNP Paribas Open ended after Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi lost their respective second-round doubles matches at the US $4.5 million tennis tournament in Indian Wells. The twin losses rounded off a disappointing Indian campaign at the hard-court event, where Sania Mirza couldn't go past the second round in women's singles and crashed out of doubles in the first round itself.
The seventh seeded pair of Indian veteran Leander Paes and Austrian Alexander Peya advanced to the French Open second round after notching a three-set victory in their opening men's doubles match at the Roland Garros in Paris. Paes-Peya defeated Italians Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini 6-1, 6-7 (2), 6-3 in a contest lasting a little over two hours.
Leander Paes has vowed to show his rookie teammates the way in order to help them make a worthy debut for India in the upcoming Davis Cup tie against South Korea, but acknowledged the task ahead is 'tough'.
Leander Paes and his American doubles partner Scott Lipsky went down in the final of the Auckland Open on Saturday. They were beaten by top seeds Martin Damm of Czech Republic and Robert Lindstedt of Sweden 7-5, 6-4.
eander Paes will make yet another attempt to set a Davis Cup record for the most doubles victories when India takes on China in a new two-day format for a place in the World Group Play-offs, in Tianjin, China, on Friday.
The fifth seeded pair won 7-5, 6-4 against the tenth seeded pair of Leos Fridel of Czech Republic and Liezel Huber of South Africa in the semifinals.
Bhupathi and Mirnyi will take on Cyril Suk and Martin Damm of Czech Republic in the semi-final.
He and Donald Johnson made a first round exit from the $800,000 grass court tournament in Halle, Germany.
They set up a clash with Samantha Stosur and Paul Hanley of Australia in the semi-finals which will be played on Thursday.
Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy made a shock exit from the US $ 2,270,000 Madrid Masters, losing their second round match to wildcards Pablo Andujar and Marcel Granollers. The third seeded Indo-Czech pair managed to shrug off a disastrous start but eventually lost 1-6, 6-3, 7-10 to their Spanish opponents in 55 minutes.
American twins Bob and Mike Bryan fell short in their bid to capture a calendar-year Grand Slam when they lost to Czech Radek Stepanek and India's Leander Paes in the men's doubles semi-finals.
Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy advanced to the quarter-finals of the Paris Masters after registering a tough three-set win over American pair of John Isner and Sam Querry in Paris.
The former doubles world number one is a hero in India for wearing his heart on his sleeve every time he plays for his country.
The Indian ace will not play singles but will be on the commentary team covering the Jan 2-8 event.
Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy beat Marcos Baghdatis and Olivier Rochus 6-2, 7-6 in the first round of the Gerry Weber Open.
Indian ace Leander Paes and his Czech partner Lukas Dlouhy advanced to the doubles semi-finals while it was curtains for compatriots Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna in the Dubai Tennis Championships on Thursday.
Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek won the ATP Shanghai Masters, their third tour-level title of the season, after defeating Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna 6-7(7), 6-3, 10-5.
The Indian duo of Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna has set up a summit clash with Leander Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek after both the pairs won their respective semi-final matches in the Shanghai Masters on Saturday.
Indian tennis duo of Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi entered the second round of the men's doubles in Australian Open after they rallied from a set down to beat Ivo Karlovic and Dusan Vemica 5-7, 6-3, 6-0, in Melbourne on Thursday.
Leander Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek faltered at the final hurdle as they suffered an upset straight-set defeat at the hands of Alexander Peya of Austria and Brazil's Bruno Soares to finish runners-up at the ATP Japan Open in Tokyo on Sunday.
Top seeded duo Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek had to work hard before grinding down unseeded rivals Filip Polasek and Julian Knowle in the opening round of the ATP Japan Open, in Tokyo on Thursday.
Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy scored a straight sets win over third seeds Andy Ram and Jonathan Erlich to book a semi-final berth in the men's doubles at Wimbledon on Tuesday. The ninth seeded Indo-Czech pair took an hour and 46 minutes to get the better of the Israeli duo in the quarter-finals, winning 6-3, 6-3, 6-3.
Karan Rastogi has withdrawn from the rebelling faction in the Davis Cup team asking for Leander Paes's ouster.
The seventh seeds beat Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor to advance to the last four of the Cincinnati Masters.
The Indian pair went down to Mark Knowles of Bahamas and Daniel Nestor of Canada at the ATP Tennis Masters in Cincinnati.
Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi kept Indian hopes alive in the Ordina Open by advancing to the doubles semi-finals, even as Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna bowed out of the singles in the US $175,000 tournament in s'Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands. The second seeded Indian pair produced glimpses of their old magic as they sailed past Spaniards David Ferrer and Marcel Granollers 6-2, 6-1 in 48 minutes to advance to the last four.
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