India's tennis star Leander Paes and his partner Jeremy Chardy suffered a straight-set loss in the opening round of men's doubles at the USD 404,780 Sydney International on Monday. Paes and his men's doubles partner Jeremy Chardy of France lost 4-6, 4-6 in an hour and eight minutes to Brazilian-Canadian third seeds Marcelo Melo and Daniel Nestor on Court No.3 of the NSW Tennis Centre
Top seeds Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy began their campaign for back-to-back titles with a straight-set win against Spanish pair of Guillermo Garcia-Lopez and Ivan Navarro in the first round of the US $ 869,000 Japan Open in Tokyo on Thursday. The Indo-Czech pair, who won the Thailand Open last week, beat the unseeded Spanish duo 6-4, 7-5 in one hour and 13 minutes to advance to the quarter-finals of the hard court event.
Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza stormed into the mixed doubles semifinals besides reaching the doubles quarterfinals, but compatriot Leander Paes exited the US Open with unexpected defeats in both his events.
Tennis ace Leander Paes termed reports that he had refused to share a room at the Olympic Games Village with his doubles partner Rohan Bopanna as "false" and said that his timing of arrival at Rio was according to plans and known to the Indian tennis team.
Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic beat the Indo-Czech duo 6-3, 7-6(5) in the semi-final of the Toronto Masters.
Mahesh Bhupathi, Prakash Amritraj, Rohan Bopanna and Harsh Mankad are the other members of the team for the April 9 - 11 tie.
The ace doubles pair beat Thomas Shimada and Takahiro Terachi in the doubles rubber of the Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Group I tie.
The former world No. 1 pair will play against each other at the ATP event in January.
The former world No.1 pair gave India a 2-1 lead over New Zealand in the Davis Cup Asia-Oceania Group 1 first round tie after winning the doubles.
The second seeds Indian pair beat the Argentine combine of Juan Martin Del Potro and Guillermo Canas 6-7, 6-3, 10-7 in an hour and 44 minutes in the semi-finals at 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.
Leander Paes didn't say in as many words that he will team up with estranged partner Mahesh Bhupathi for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, but admitted that Bhupathi is the obvious choice for the mega event.
Leander Paes had a bitter-sweet experience at the Australian Open, sailing into the semi-finals of the mixed doubles but crashing out of men's doubles, in Melbourne, on Wednesday.
Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi are on course for their maiden Australian Open title together as they advanced to the semi-finals after a hard-fought victory over the combine of Michael Llodra of France and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia in Melbourne on Wednesday.
Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi remained on course for a maiden Australian Open title following a hard-fought 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 win over Tommy Robredo and Marcel Granollers of Spain on Monday. Things, however, did not fall in place for Rohan Bopanna and Pakistan's Aisam -ul-Haq Qureshi. The 'Indo-Pak Express' went down fighting to France's Michael Llodra and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia 6-3, 6-7, 6-7.
Doubles specialists Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi will play the revese singles in the Asia-Oceanic Davis Cup tie against Japan on Sunday. This was necessitated after Rohan Bopanna and Prakash Amritraj, who had put India 2-0 up on the first day of the tie, submitted medical certificates stating that they are unwell and will not be able to play the reverse singles.
Top seeds Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis went through several anxious moments before getting past Russian girls Daria Kasatkina and Alexandra Panova in their opening doubles match at the French Open on Wednesday. The reigning Wimbledon, US Open and Australian Open champions prevailed 7-6(4), 6-2.
The Indo-Czech pair lost to Poland's Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski at the Madrid Masters.
Mahesh Bhupathi is hopeful of meeting Leander Paes in the doubles final of the Mumbai Open.
The top seeded Indian pair beat Pakistan's Aisam Qureshi and Aqeel Khan in the men's doubles quarter-finals at the Asian Games.
After shocking top seeds Knowles and Nestor, they were beaten by the Bryan brothers in the Masters Series.
Paes, having proved his mettle in tennis courts, now sought to champion the cause of common people as 'I have always wanted to serve the country in one way or the other'.
The Indo-Czech pair beat Leos Friedl of the Czech Republic and Mikhail Youzhny of Russia in the quarter-finals at the US Open.
Leander Paes' impressive show at the ATP Masters has seen him rise four places to eighth in the latest doubles rankings.
Having won the men's doubles first round Olympic match against Jean Julien Rojer and Robin Haase of The Netherlands, India's tennis legend Leander Paes was all praise for his unheralded partner Vishnu Vardhan, stating that he felt extremely comfortable with the youngster on the court.
Defending champions Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy have been seeded third at the men's doubles event of the US Open and the Indo-Czech pair will open its campaign against Czech-Slovakia combo of Martin Damm and Filip Polasek.
The Indo-Czech pair lost to France's Fabrice Santoro and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia and Montenegro in the men's doubles semi-finals at Wimbledon.
The Indo-Zimbabwe pair, who were runners-up in the tournament last year and have the 2008 US Open and the 2010 Australian Open crowns to their name, will take on 11th seeds Wesley Moodie/Lisa Raymond (South Africa/United States) in the final.
Leander Paes, partnering Rohan Bopanna, suffered a rare doubles defeat in the Davis Cup as Radek Stepanek and Adam Pavlasek gave Czech Republic a 2-1 lead over India in the World Group play-off tie, in New Delhi, on Saturday.
AITA brought back old warhorse Leander Paes in the Davis Cup team despite 'reservations' from seasoned campaigner Rohan Bopanna.
Top seeds Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy progressed to the semi-finals of the UNICEF Open, defeating Thiemo de Bakker and Robin Haase in straight sets in s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands. The Indo-Czech pair beat the Dutch wild card entrants 7-5, 6-3 in the quarter-finals of the ATP 250 event.
Top seeds Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy laboured to the doubles quarter-finals in the UNICEF Open with a hard-earned win over Florent Serra and Kristof V Liegen in s'Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands. The Indo-Czech pair quelled a late challenge from the French-Belgian pair, winning 6-1, 6-7(5), 10-6, in the opening round of the euro 450,000 grass court event.
The pair made it to the elite season-ending tournament as the fifth-ranked team.
In the second singles at the Jai Club courts, Prakash Amritraj will clash against Denis Istomin.
The ace Indian pair beat Kwon-Oh Hee and Jun Woong-Sun in the doubles match of the Davis Cup Asia-Ocenia Group I tie.
Rohan Bopanna replaces Harsh Mankad in Davis Cup team for World Group play-off.
Top seeds Mike and Bob Bryan came from a set down to beat Martin Damm and Leander Paes 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the Australian Open.
Indian ace Leander Paes and his Czech partner Martin Damm were beaten by Bob and Mike Bryan in the quarter-final of the Sydney International.
India's leading players Prajnesh Gunneswaran and Sumit Nagal lost in the pre-quarter-finals, ending India's challenge in the men's singles, of the Bengaluru Open, in Bengaluru, on Thursday.
India's Leander Paes and Canada's Daniel Nestor have lost to Andreas Seppi and Fabio Fognini of Italy 3-6, 7-5, 10-8 in their semi-final of the ATP China Open tournament in Beijing.
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