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 [...]
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 [...]
It seems that they have buried the hatchet for the greater good as Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi today moved closer to their first joint Olympic medal by reaching the quarter-finals of the men’s doubles event here. The seventh seeded Indians defeated Marcelo Melo and Andre Sa of Brazil 6-4, 6-2 in just over an [...]
Leander Paes alongwith his Czech partner Lukas Dlouhy missed out on his first doubles title of this season in Hall earlier today. They lost 6-3, 4-6, 3-10 to unseeded partners Russian Mikhail Youzhny and German Mischa Zverev in a close match that was decided with a tie-breaker. However, the good news is that Leander Paes [...]