The Indian doubles ace and the South African will team up at the Australian Open.
India's Leander Paes and Zimbabwe's Cara Black strolled on Centre Court after Rafael Nadal had won the men's singles and took their second Grand Slam title of the year after the Australian Open with a 6-4, 7-6 victory against South Africa's Wesley Moodie and Lisa Raymond from the Unites States.
Fourth seeds Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles of Bahamas stormed into the semi-finals of the men's doubles in the Monte Carlo Masters Series, beating fifth seeds Simon Aspelin of Sweden and Julian Knowles of Austria 6-2, 6-3 in the quarter-finals.
Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi booked a semi-final berth in the World Tour finals for the first time in their careers after beating Wesley Moodie and Dick Norman 6-4, 6-4 to grab the last available spot.
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 and his Czech partner Lukas Dloughy moved into the semi-final of the men's doubles and were joined by Mahesh Bhupathi and his partner Mark Knowles of Bahamas.
India's Leander Paes and Zimbabwe's Cara Black rallied strongly after losing the first set to enter the mixed doubles final at the Australian Open on Friday. The duo beat Lisa Raymond of the United States and Wesley Moodie of South Africa 6-7 (6/8), 7-6 (7/5), 10-7 in a hard-fought affair.
The Indian ace and his Croatian partner rallied from a set down to stun third seeds Jonas Bjorkman and Thomas Johansson and enter the second round.
Somdev Devvarman yet again holds the key as the Indian Davis Cup team, sans Leander Paes, take on hosts South Africa from Friday to stake claim of a berth in the World Group after 11 years.
Third seeds Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles entered the semi-finals of the men's doubles at the US Open after beating Ivan Ljubicic from Croatia and Michael Llodra from France in the quarter-finals of the tournament.Earlier, Fourth seeds Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy entered the semi-finals, beating seventh seeds Wesley Moodie of South Africa and Dick Norman of Belgium 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 on Tuesday.
Doubles specialist Wesley Moodie was named in South Africa's five-member squad for the Davis Cup World Group play-off tie against India, from September 18 to 20, in Johannesburg.
India's Mahesh Bhupathi and his partner Mark Knowles of the Bahamas defeated South African duo Wesley Moodie and Jeff Coetzee 6-2, 6-3 in their first group league match of the season-ending Masters Cup in Shanghai on Sunday.
Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles twice erased the deficit but were still sent packing from the Wimbledon championships following a defeat in a marathon men's doubles quarterfinal against Wesley Moodie and Dick Norman on Wednesday.
Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul Haq Qureshi entered the semi-finals of a Grand Slam event for the first time after a thrilling 7-5, 7-6 (2) win over 10th seeds Wesley Moodie and Dick Norman in the US Open men's doubles quarter-finals in New York.
Leander Paes and Lucas Dlouhy staged a magnificent recovery to beat South Africa's Wesley Moodie and Belgium's Dick Norman and win the men's doubles title at the French Open in Paris on Saturday. The third seeded Indo-Czech pair turned in a solid display after losing the first set to emerge 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 winners over their unseeded opponents in the final that lasted a hundred minutes.
Leander Paes and Lucas Dlouhy entered the final of the men's doubles at the French Open after a thrilling victory over top seeds Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic in the semi-finals on Thursday. The Indo-Czech pair needed two tie-breakers to quell the challenge of the Canadian-Serbian duo and emerge 7-6(4), 7-6(5) winners, and set up a meeting with South Africa's Wesley Moodie and Belgium's Dick Norman in the final.
Roger Federer opens his title defence while Tim Henman starts another year of hope at Wimbledon on Monday.
Fourth seeds Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy entered the semi-finals of the men's doubles at the US Open, beating seventh seeds Wesley Moodie of South Africa and Dick Normam of Belgium 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 on Tuesday.
Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles entered the final of the Monte Carlo Masters with a 6-0, 7-5 win over Jeff Coetzee and Wesley Moodie.
Top seeds Wesley Moodie and Rik de Voest of South Africa beat second seeds Rohan Bopanna and Aisam Qureshi 6-4, 7-6 (4) in the final of the US $50,000 ATP Challenger in New Delhi on Friday.
The Indo-Pakistani duo lost to the top seeded Australian-South African pair of Stephen Huss and Wesley Moodie 7-6(10), 6-3 at the $150,000 Malaysian Open ATP Challenger tournament in Kuala Lumpur .
Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy made a shock second round exit from the euro 1,995,000 ATP Barcelona Open after losing a hard-fought match to Simon Aspelin of Sweden and Wesley Moodie of South Africa. The third-seeded Indo-Czech pair lost 6-7(5), 6-7(3) to their unseeded opponents after an one hour and 41 minutes.
They were knocked out by top seeds Wesley Moodie and Fabrice Santoro at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in Newport.
The Indian Davis Cupper was beaten by South Africa's Wesley Moodie in the first round singles qualifier at Wimbledon.
Arnaud Clement stunned third seed Lleyton Hewitt 7-6, 6-4, to record his first win over the Australian in eight attempts
Mahesh Bhupathi is looking forward to a successful year along with the Wesley Moodie
Former world number one Gustavo Kuerten earned his first hard court victory for 18 months when he booked a place in the round-robin section of the Las Vegas Open on Monday.
Andy Roddick entered the fourth round with a 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 win over France's Julien Benneteau
The Indo-Croatian pair lost to John Stephens and Wesley Moodie in the quarter-finals of the St Petersburg Open.
Roger Federer beat defending champion Wesley Moodie 6-2, 6-1 to reach the quarter-finals in Tokyo.
Mahesh Bhupathi won his first doubles title in 2006 when he claimed the China Open on Sunday with Mario Ancic.
Both were knocked out of the men's doubles in the second round at the Rome Masters.
The pair weathered a tough opening set to beat Safin and his compatriot 7-5, 6-3.
The Indo-Czech Republic pair shocked second seeds Jonas Bjorkman of Sweden and Max Mirnyi of Belaruss in the men's doubles at the Australian 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 seventh seeds overcame the Czech pair of Lukas Dlouhy and Pavel Vizner 7-5, 6-3
The Indian doubles ace and his new partner Wesley Moodie of South Africa lost to Oliver Marach and Lukasz Kubot at the Doha Open.
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