Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi had contrasting results in the second round of the Monte Carlo Masters doubles on Wednesday night.
Somdev Devvarman will have to wait for his career's first ATP title. The Indian ace and Treat Conrad Huey lost a fiercely-fought summit clash in the $619,50 Farmer's Classic to Mark Knowles of Bahamas and Xavier Malisse of Belgium in Los Angeles on Sunday. The unseeded Indo-Philippine pair played their hearts out, but eventually lost the final 6-7(3), 6-7(10) to the third seeded Bahams-Belgium pair.
Somdev Devvarman earned himself a good chance to win his first ever ATP title after reaching the doubles final of the Farmer's Classic along with Treat Conrad Huey with a hard fought three-set win over Israeli pair of Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram.
Facts and figures from the men's competition at the French Open, which begins from May 25.
Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi took contrasting routes to the doubles quarter-finals in the Internazionali BNL D'Italia tennis tournament in Rome on Thursday. Third seeds Paes and his Czech partner Lukas Dlouhy swamped Ivo Karlovic and Dusan Vemic 6-1, 6-1, while fourth seeded Bhupathi and his Bahamian teammate Mark Knowles survived some torrid moments before beating unheralded Simon Bolelli and Andreas Seppi 7-6(5), 2-6, 10-3.
Fourth seeds Paes and Lukas Dlouhy rallied to a three-set win against Yves Allegro of Switzerland and Fabrice Santoro of France.
The Indian challenge in the ATP Paris Masters tennis tournament ended after Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes, along with their respective partners, crashed out of the doubles event following unexpected second-round defeats.
Indian ace Leander Paes and his Zimbabwean partner Cara Black suffered a straight-set defeat to Anna-Lena Groenefeld and Mark Knowles and bowed out of the mixed doubles at the US Open in New York on Tuesday. The second seeds, who won the 2010 Wimbledon mixed doubles title, lost 3-6, 4-6 to the German-Bahamian pair in the quarter-finals.
Leander Paes and the Czech Republic's Lukas Dlouhy stumbled yet again in the second round, crashing out of the Cincinnati Masters, following a straight-set defeat to Mardy Fish and Mark Knowles. Seeded third, they lost 3-6, 2-6 to the unseeded American-Bahamas pair.
The Indo-Czech pair beat second seeds Paul Hanley and Kevin Ullyett in a grueling semi-final at the Dubai Open.
Top seeds Leander Paes and Cara Black stormed into the final of Wimbledon's mixed doubles event with a straight-set victory over Stephen Huss and Virginia Ruano Pascual on Friday. The Indo-Zimbabwe pair beat their 12th seeded opponents 6-4, 6-4 in a little over 70 minutes.
Argentine Luciana Aymar and Australian Jamie Dwyer were named FIH World Hockey Players of the Year in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Saturday.
The Indo-Belarussian pair will play Wayne Black and Kevin Ulyett in the penultimate round of the BNP Paribas ATP Masters tournament.
Reader Chandan Venkatapathy sent us pictures of Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza from Melbourne.
The men's doubles final at the US Open will be a showdown between former partners Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi. Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy avenged the defeat they suffered in last year's final by beating Bob and Mike Bryan in the men's doubles semi-finals on Wednesday, while third seeds Bhupathi and Mark Knowles easily beat fifth seeds Max Mirnyi and Andy Ram in the other semi 6-4, 6-2.
Leander Paes's hopes of a second Grand Slam title of the year were dashed on Sunday, when he and Cara Black went down in the mixed doubles final at Wimbledon. The top seeded pair, who won the US Open last year, was beaten by ninth seeds Mark Knowles of the Bahamas and Ana Lena Groenefeld of Germany 7-5, 6-3 in the final.
"He's a good player but we've played with each other so much. I think we have a really good shot," Prakash Amritraj said about their chance of winning the match against Bhupathi and his partner.
Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles sealed a pre-quarter-final berth in the men's doubles at Wimbledon after defeating Philipp Petzschner and Alexander Peya 6-3, 7-5, 6-7 (5-7) 6-3 in the second round on Friday.
The Indo-Australian pair beat Argentine duo David Nalbandian and Sebastian Prieto 6-4, 6-3 in the first round.
Leander Paes and his Australian partner Paul Hanley warded off the challenge of Argentina's David Nalbandian and Guillermo Canas to enter the doubles quarter-finals at the Pacific Life Open tennis tournament in Indian Wells. The eighth seed Indo-Australian pair beat the Argentine duo 7-5, 2-6, 10-5 in the second round.
Reader Saurav Sachdev sent us a picture of Sania Mirza from Melbourne.
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.
Leander Paes and his American partner Scott Lipsky advanced to the finals of ATP Heiniken Open in Auckland, New Zealand but it was curtains for Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles at the Sydney International after they lost in the doubles semi-finals on Friday.
The Indian challenge in the doubles event of the ATP Chennai Open ended on Friday when top seeds Mahesh Bhupathi and partner Mark Knowles of Bahamas were shocked by the unseeded Swiss duo of Jean Claude Scherrer and Stanislas Wawrinka 3-6, 6-3, 8-10 in the quarter-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.
India's Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi won their respective matches to advance into the pre-quarterfinals of the US Open on Friday.
Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy set up a quarter-final clash with Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles after a straight-set win over Roger Federer and Stainslas Wawrinka in the second round of ATP Rogers Masters in Toronto on Thursday night. The seventh seeded Indo-Czech pair needed less than an hour to beat their unseeded Swiss opponents 6-4, 6-4.
Leander Paes and Tommy Robredo held their nerves in the super-tie breaker to stun third seed Israeli duo of Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram and book a quarterfinal berth in the Euro 2,270,000 Hamburg ATP Master Series event on Wednesday night.
The eighth seeds beat Swiss Yves Allegro and Paul-Henri Mathieu of France 2-6, 6-0, 10-3 in the first round in Miami.
Leander Paes and Paul Hanley of Australia were ousted in the quarter-finals of the men's doubles at the Pacific Life Open on Tuesday. The eighth seeded Paes and Hanley lost 2-6, 1-6 to third seeds Daniel Nestor of Canada and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia.
Mahesh Bhupathi Radek Stepanek advanced to the semi-finals of the men's doubles at the French Open beating second seeds Jonas Bjorkman and Max Mirnyi.
Moments after winning the US Open men's doubles trophy, his 10th Grand Slam title, Indian ace Leander Paes said he wasn't sure if he would be able to play the final as he was carrying a sore shoulder.
Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy recovered from a set down to beat third seeds Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles in a thrilling final and win the men's doubles title at the US Open on Sunday. The third seeded Indo-Czech pair shrugged off a sluggish start to score a 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 victory and claim their second Grand Slam title of the year, having won the French Open in June.
The third seeded Indo-Czech pair beat the Belgian pair of Christophe Rochus and Kristof Vliegen to make the grade.
Swede Jonas Bjorkman and his Belarussian partner Max Mirnyi won the Masters Cup doubles title with a 6-2 6-4 victory over on Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor on Sunday.
They were beaten in men's doubles quarterfinal of the Nasdaq-100 Open tennis tournament in Miami.
The Indo-Belarusian pair lost to top seeds Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor in the doubles semi-finals at the Madrid Masters.\n\n
The fifth seeded Indo-Serbian pair beat seventh seeds Wayne Arthurs and Paul Hanley in their second match of the Masters Cup tennis tournament.
The Indo-Serbian pair shocked fourth seeds Michael Llodra and Fabrice Santoro in the semi-finals of the Madrid Masters on Saturday.
Leander Paes and Nenad Zimonjic beat the Bryan brothers 3-6, 7-6 (5), 7-5 in the quarterfinals.
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