Indian tennis ace Leander Paes has been elected as one of the seven vice-presidents of Bengal Tennis Association (BTA).
The Kolkata ace, who now lives in Mumbai, was not present at AGM on Saturday but has accepted the new role, offered to him sometime back.
“Leander has shown keen interest for the development of tennis in this […]
Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles failed to make it to the last four of the Tennis Masters Cup, going down to Pablo Cuevas and Luis Horna in a cliffhanger.
The Uruguayan and Peruvian combine slammed six aces and saved all six break points they faced in their one hour and 52 minutes win over Bhupathi and […]
Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy’s chance of reaching the semi-finals of Tennis Masters Cup went up in smoke after they succumbed to their second successive defeat in the season-ending $4,45,000 ATP event.
The sixth-seeded Indo-Czech pair lost their Gold group league match 6-7 (2), 3-6 to Polish duo Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski. Paes and Dlouhy […]
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 on Sunday.
The third-seeded Bhupathi and Knowles took 63 minutes to get past their fifth-seeded rivals in the Red Group.
On Monday, Leander Paes […]
Indian tennis stars Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhuapthi have been placed in Gold and Red groups respectively along with their partners for the prestigious season ending $4,450,000 Tennis Masters Cup, to be held in Shanghai.
Paes and his Czech partner Lukas Dlouhy are seeded sixth in the Gold Group along with three other teams. Bhupathi and […]
Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi will play with their respective partners at the $450,000 Chennai Open 2009.
The 14th edition of Chennai Open, India’s only ATP tennis tournament, will be held from Jan 5-11, at the SDAT Stadium here.
While Bhupathi will team up with his long time Bahamas partner Mark Knowles, Paes will combine with Lukas […]
Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi crashed out of the euro 2,270,000 Paris Masters after suffering straight-set defeats along with their respective partners in the second round encounter.
The third seed Indo-Czech pair, who got a first round bye, lost to their Brazilian opponents Marcelo Melo and Andre Spa 3-6, 2-6 in a little over one-hour contest […]
Despite winning ATP Swiss Indoor tournament in Basel, Mahesh Bhupathi remains at the seventh position in the world doubles ranking, issued by the ATP on Monday.
Bhupathi, who with his partner Mark Knowles of Bahamas won the tournament on Sunday, has 3295 points.
Leander Paes also remained static at the eighth spot. Meanwhile, Sania Mirza gained a […]
Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy crashed out of the euro 891,000 ATP Indoor event but Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles advanced to the q
uarter-finals with an easy win.
The third seed Indo-Czech pair were stunned by unseeded Germans Christopher Kas and Philipp Kohlschreiber. Paes and Dlouhy went down 3-6, 0-6 to bow out of the event.
The […]
Indian ace Mahesh Bhupathi and his Bahamian partner Mark Knowles’s final appearance at last week’s Madrid Masters has booked the duo a berth in the season-ending prestigious Tennis Masters Cup to be held in Shanghai next month.
Top seven teams in the ATP doubles race apart from Roland Garros winners Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay and Luis […]
Indian ace Mahesh Bhupathi and his partner Mark Knowles moved into the quarterfinals of the Euro 2,270,000 Madrid Masters when their opponents handed them a walkover in the second round match.
Bhupathi and Knowles of Bahamas were up against the Spanish pair of Rafael Nadal and Carlos Moya, who opted out of contest due to a […]
Indian doubles ace Leander Paes continues to be in top-10 zone in the world ATP doubles rankings but lost one place to be seventh with 3025 points.
Paes’ estranged partner Mahesh Bhupathi though gained one place to be 11th with 2790 points.
The women’s singles ace Sania Mirza maintained her 98th position in the singles but suffered […]
Riding on his sizzling performance in the Japan Open, Leander Paes gained two spots to be placed sixth in the ATP doubles World Rankings, issued on Monday.
Paes and Lukas Dlouhy reached the final of the Japan Open last week but lost the summit clash, missing out on the opportunity to pocket back-to-back ATP titles. Paes, […]
Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy’s bid for a second successive ATP title ended in disappointment after the top seeds were stunned by the Russian-German pair of Mikhail Youzhny and Mischa Zverev in the finals of AIG Japan Open in Tokyo on Sunday.
The unseeded Youzhny and Zverev beat the Indo-Czech pair 6-3 6-4 to capture their […]
Top seeds Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy edged towards back-to-back titles as they advanced to the finals of the AIG Open in Tokyo on Saturday. They had earlier won the Thailand Open a few days ago.
The Indo-Czech pair beat USA’s Robert Kendrick and Finn Jarkko Nieminen 6-4, 7-6 (4) in an hour and 11 minutes […]
The top seeded pair of Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy won their sixth match on the trot to advance to the semi-finals of the $869000 Japan Open in Tokyo on Friday.
The Indo-Czech pair overcame a late challenge from Philipp Petzschner of Germany and Alexander Peya of Austria 6-2, 7-6(4) in one hour and eight minutes […]
Top seed Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy began their campaign for back-to-back titles with a straight-set win against Spanish pair of Guillermo Garcia-Lopez and Ivan Navarro in the first round of the $869,000 Japan Open.
The Indo-Czech pair, who won the Thailand Open last week, beat the unseeded Spanish duo 6-4 7-5 in one hour and […]
Top seeded Indo-Czech pair of Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy won the Thailand Open doubles title beating unseeded American duo of Scott Lipsky and David Martin 6-4, 7-6 on Sunday.
Earlier, Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy stormed into the summit clash of the Thailand Open after inflicting a straight-set defeat on Fabrice Santoro and Jo-Wilfred Tsonga […]
Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi relied on their experience to keep India afloat in the Davis Cup World Group play-off against Romania as the duo quelled the challenge of Horia Tecau and Adrian Cruciat 6-4 7-6 (0) 6-4 in the doubles rubber on Saturday.
The ace Indian pair had to toil hard to defeat the Romanian […]
India will challenge a formidable Romania for a place in the Davis Cup World Group with in-form teenager Somdev Devvarman as their trump card in the crucial World Group play-off tie starting on Friday.
It will be a tough test for the four-member Indian team on the red clay with Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi once […]