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.
The oldest tennis player to win a Grand Slam with the US Open men's doubles trophy, Indian veteran Leander Paes said age is just a number for him, something that he just "looks at and smiles".
Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi should not be forced to play together at the London Olympics if they are not comfortable in playing as a team, feels Indian tennis legend Vijay Amritraj.
Roger Federer looked as sharp as ever in his first match following a two-month layoff as he beat Czech Radek Stepanek 6-3, 6-3 at the Madrid Open on Tuesday.
Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna had to be content with a runners-up finish at the ATP Cincinnati Masters as they lost the summit clash in straight sets to Sweden's Robert Lindstedt and Romania's Horia Tecau.
Andy Murray remained on course for a hat-trick of titles at the Shanghai Masters despite the best efforts of tricky Czech Radek Stepanek on Friday.
Rafael Nadal suffered a late blip against unseeded Czech Radek Stepanek before reaching the quarter-finals of the Queen's Club championships on Thursday after Andy Murray and Andy Roddick both cruised through.
British World No 4 Andy Murray has been made the top seed for next week's LA Open after the late withdrawal of second-ranked Novak Djokovic.
Andy Murray remained on course for a hat-trick of titles at the Shanghai Masters despite the best efforts of tricky Czech Radek Stepanek on Friday, and now sets his sights on Roger Federer.
Former US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro eased into the second round of the Indian Wells WTA tournament with a 6-4, 6-0 demolition of Czech Radek Stepanek on Thursday.
Novak Djokovic survived the shock of losing the first set to beat Czech Radek Stepanek 4-6, 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 and reach the Wimbledon fourth round.
Novak Djokovic sounded the alarm over the packed ATP calendar after the withdrawal of two opponents helped him reach the final of the Rome Masters.
Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka entered the final of the Rome Masters when Andy Roddick retired injured in the fourth game.
Czech Radek Stepanek became the first defending champion to lose in the first round of the San Jose Open in 20 years when he was ousted by Belgian Xavier Malisse 6-3, 6-4 on Wednesday.
Roger Federer advanced to the third round of the Madrid Masters on Wednesday with a 6-3, 7-6 win over Czech Radek Stepanek.
Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic and unseeded Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka will meet in the final of the Rome Masters on Sunday after their semi-final opponents retired injured on Saturday. Serbian third seed Djokovic went through after unseeded Czech Radek Stepanek, pulled out when 6-0 1-0 down while Wawrinka made the final after American sixth seed Andy Roddick withdrew at 3-0 down in the first set because of a back injury.
World number one Roger Federer beat Croatia's Ivo Karlovic 7-6, 6-3 in the Rome Masters on Thursday to book a quarter-final against Czech Radek Stepanek.
Top seed Andy Roddick rallied for a 2-6, 7-6, 6-4 semi-final victory over Australian Lleyton Hewitt on Saturday, setting up a revenge match with Czech Radek Stepanek in the Memphis Championships final. Fifth-seeded Stepanek, who defeated Roddick in last week's San Jose semi-finals, advance to the title showdown with a 6-3, 6-1 demolition of Israel's Dudi Sela.
Czech Radek Stepanek beat top seed and defending champion Andy Roddick 3-6, 7-6, 6-4 to reach the San Jose Open final on Saturday.
The world number one was the second big gun of the day to fall to an unseeded player at the Rome Masters after his Swiss compatriot Stanislas Wawrinka beat American James Blake.
The Swiss world number one needed more than 2- hours to squeeze past Czech Radek Stepanek in Melbourne.
Third seed Novak Djokovic survived an epic five-set encounter against Czech Radek Stepanek, fighting off exhaustion and crippling cramps to reach the third round of the US Open Friday.
The rising Serbian beat Rafael Nadal in the semi-final to set up a title clash with Roger Federer.
Both reached the semi-finals of the Montreal Masters, beating Lleyton Hewitt and Frank Dancevic respectively.
The 28-year-old from Karvina broke the second-seeded American twice in the third set to seal victory in two hours 20 minutes at the Los Angeles Tennis Center.
Second-seeded James Blake, hunting his first ATP title in six months, booked his place in the Los Angeles Classic final with a 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 victory over South Korea's Lee Hyung-taik on Saturday.
American top seed Andy Roddick claimed his first title of the season and a measure of revenge with a 7-5, 7-5 victory over Czech Radek Stepanek in the final of the Memphis Championships on Sunday.
Tim Henman put injury behind him to carve out a 7-5 6-4 first-round victory over Germany's Nicolas Kiefer at the World Indoor Tournament.
Tommy Robredo reached the final of a Masters Series event for the first time when he beat Mario Ancic 7-5, 6-4
Tommy Robredo reached the final of a Master Series event for the first time when he beat Mario Ancic of Croatia.
The towering Croatian, who has won 20 of his last 22 matches, will meet the unfancied Tomas Berdych in the Paris Masters final.
Third and fourth seeds Nikolay Davydenko and Guillermo Coria were eliminated in the Madrid Masters.
The top-seeded Australian meets qualifier Ivo Minar, who beat fellow Czech Radek Stepanek 6-1, 6-2 to reach his first ATP final.
Tommy Robredo won his first Masters Series title, defeating Radek Stepanek 6-1, 6-3, 6-3 in the final in Hamburg
Veteran Indian tennis star Leander Paes and doubles partner Czech Radek Stepanek entered the US Open men's doubles pre-quarterfinals with a straight-set victory in the second round in New York.
Japan's Kei Nishikori and Victoria Azarenka of Belarus continued their Australian Open preparations by swiftly marching through to the quarter finals of the Brisbane International on Wednesday.
Britain's Jamie Murray gained an early claim to bragging rights over younger brother Andy when he combined with Brazil's Bruno Soares to win the Australian Open men's doubles title early on Sunday.
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