Indian veteran Leander Paes and his doubles partner Hugues Herbert turned it around remarkably for the Japan Warriors, who beat UAE Royals 24-21 to record their first win of the tournament in the opening match of the International Premier Tennis League's India leg in New Delhi.
Top seeds Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy on Friday earned a shot at the title of the season opener ATP Brisbane International event after overcoming a second set lapse against Jurgen Melzer and Philipp Petzschner in Brisbane.
Davis Cup: Strong Indian team is firm favourite against Pakistan in historic clash
Drawn against each other in the opening round of the clay-court championships, Paes will team up with Russia's Nadia Petrova, while Bhupathi will partner China's Jie Zhang.
A second title eluded Leander Paes at this year's Australian Open as he and partner Elena Vesnina ended runners-up in the mixed doubles event after being outplayed by Horia Tecau and Bethanie Mattek-Sands in the summit clash in Melbourne on Sunday.
Leander Paes and his Czech partner Lukas Dlouhy on Sunday crashed out of the French Open men's doubles competition after losing 4-6, 4-6 at the hands of Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay and Luis Horna of Peru in the pre-quarterfinals in Paris.
Leander Paes has pulled out of the crucial Davis Cup World Group play-off tie against South Africa due to shoulder and elbow injuries.
Unfazed by the early exit from ATP World Tour Finals, ace Indian tennis player Leander Paes on Saturday said he and his doubles partner Lukas Dlouhy had a fantastic year winning two Grand Slam titles and hoped to come back stronger next season.
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 sixth seeded Indo-Czech pair failed in their bid to won back-to-back Masters titles, in Miami on Saturday.
Both the Indian aces fell at the first hurdle in different tournaments on the ATP Tour.
The Indo-Czech pair of Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy advanced to the pre-quarterfinals of the ATP Madrid Masters after getting a first-round bye.
Sania Mirza entered the women's doubles semi-finals and set up a high-intensity clash against Leander Paes in the mixed doubles after both the Indians made the quarter-finals with their respective partners in the Australian Open in Melbourne.
The All India Tennis Association may be backing Leander Paes to the hilt in him making the squad for the Rio Olympics, but the veteran star will not be picked in the Davis Cup team despite showing late interest in competing in the Asia/Oceania Group I tie against Korea Republic next month.
With wet conditions caused by incessant rain adding to the challenge, veteran Indian tennis star Leander Paes said the team which adapts quicker will have the edge in the Davis Cup Asia-Oceania Group-I tie between India and South Korea starting, in Chandigarh, on Friday.
Nita Ambani, the chairperson at Reliance Foundation and International Olympic Committee (IOC) member from India, hosted a gala dinner in honour of Thomas Bach, IOC president.
Sania Mirza, who is teaming up with Israeli Shahar Peer, is seeded 16th in the ladies championships at Wimbledon.
Indian tennis ace Leander Paes stayed on course for a grand double at the US Open, when he and Zimbabwe's Cara Black won the mixed doubles crown at the season-ending Grand Slam Thursday. The fifth seeded Indo-Zimbabwean pair beat the American-British pairing of Liezel Huber and Jamie Murray 7-6, 6-4 in the final.
The Indo-Czech pair beat second seeds Mark Knowels and Daniel Nestor in the semi-finals.
Reader Rudra Ghosh sent us this photograph from California.
The fifth seeds defeated fourth seeded Paul Hanley and Kevin Ullyet 6-3, 7-6 (4).
India's Leander Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek advanced to the U S Open men's doubles semi-finals after a hard-fought win in the last-eight stage in New York on Tuesday.
Veteran Leander Paes advanced to the men's doubles quarterfinals of Wimbledon Championships after the Indian ace and his Czech Republic partner Radek Stepanek pulled off a hard-fought win in London on Wednesday.
Fourth seeds Paes and Lukas Dlouhy rallied to a three-set win against Yves Allegro of Switzerland and Fabrice Santoro of France.
French Open champions Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy fell at the first hurdle in the men's doubles at Wimbledon, losing to James Blake and Mardy Fish on Thursday. The third seeded pair, who was losing semi-finalists at the championships last year, were handed a 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 drubbing by the unseeded Americans.
Leander Paes and Nathalie Dechy beat Simon Aspelin-Meghann Shaughnessy while Mahesh Bhupathi and Martina Hingis got the better of Jonas Bjorkman and Lisa Raymond.
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.
Mahesh Bhupathi and Wesley Moodie rallied from the brink to beat Arnaud Clement and Michael Llodra in the men's doubles second round 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 defending champions got a walk over from Argentine Lucas Arnold and Angelique Widjaja of Indonesia in the second round.
The fifth-ranked doubles pair lost to Jonathan Elrich and Andy Ram of Israel in the Paris Masters.
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.
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 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.
They now face eighth-seeded pair of Canada's Vasek Pospisil and local boy Jack Sock, whom they beat 6-1, 6-4 in Paris.
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 and Paul Hanley beat Mahesh Bhupathi and Justin Gimelstob to enter the final of the Thailand Open.
His monumental achievements notwithstanding, controversies keep chasing Leander Paes.
Reader Bhupen Parikh spotted Leander Paes in Melbourne.
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