Argentina reached the Davis Cup final for the second time as victory in the doubles gave them an unassailable 3-0 lead over Australia.
The sixth seeds beat fourth seeds Paul Hanley of Australia and Kevin Ullyett of Zimbabwe in a nail-biting men's doubles semi-final at the US Open.
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.
Indo-Czech pair shocked fourth seeds Paul Hanley of Australia and Kevin Ullyet of Zimbabwe in a match lasting four hours and 20 minutes.
Leander Paes now stands 11th in the individual category of ATP Doubles Entry Rankings released on Monday.
Leander Paes entered the second round, while Sania Mirza bowed out of the mixed doubles at the French Open.
Brazil's Marcelo Melo and Andre Sa set a new men's doubles record at Wimbledon in terms of games played and most games played in the deciding set.
The Indian tennis aces, playing with new partners, will meet in the penultimate round of the doubles at the Thailand Open.
Lleyton Hewitt was recalled to Australia's Davis Cup team to play Belarus in next week's quarter-final.
They set up a clash with Samantha Stosur and Paul Hanley of Australia in the semi-finals which will be played on Thursday.
Paes,partnering David Rikl, romped into the second round of the Australian Open doubles tournament. Bhupathi and Joshua Eagle of Australia failed to make it.
Mahesh Bhupathi and Fernando Gonzalez of Chile upset eighth seeds Simon Aspelin of Sweden and Todd Perry of Australia at the Monte Carlo Tennis Masters Series.
The fifth seeded Indo-Serbian pair beat seventh seeds Wayne Arthurs and Paul Hanley in their second match of the Masters Cup tennis tournament.
Leander Paes and Paul Hanley beat Mahesh Bhupathi and Justin Gimelstob to enter the final of the Thailand Open.
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 and Nenad Zimonjic received a bye in the first round and would meet Nicolas Kiefer and Alexander Waske
They won the Monte Carlo Masters doubles at Monaco after their third seeded opponents Bob and Mike Bryan conceded a walk-over in the final.
Fifth seeds Leander Paes and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia entered the semi-finals of the Monte Carlo Masters, beating the Czech pair of Martin Damm and Radek Stepanek.
The defending champions were taken the distance by Australia's Paul Hanley and Trudi Musgrave in the mixed doubles quarter-finals at the Australian Open.
A summary of Saturday's matches in the FA Cup.
Paes and the Czech Republic's Rikl defeated fifth seed Australian duo Wayne Arthurs and Paul Hanley 6-3, 6-2.
Bhupathi and Mirnyi will take on Cyril Suk and Martin Damm of Czech Republic in the semi-final.
Indian tennis legend Leander Paes won his first title of the season when he triumphed at the Winston-Salem Open with Canadian Daniel Nestor.
Images from the English Premier League matches on Saturday.
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