London: Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek will go into the semi-finals of the ATP World Tour Finale as the unbeaten team as they pipped the top seeds Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan in their last Group A match, here on Saturday. Third seeds Paes and Stepanek held their nerves to beat three-time champions 6-4 6-7(6) 10-7 in one hour and 45 minutes. Now Bryans would be praying that seventh seeds...
08:58 PM, Nov 10, 2012
Mahesh Bhupathi continues to laugh in the All India Tennis Association’s face. The Indian stalwart combined with Rohan Bopanna to come up trumps at the Paris Masters on Sunday, beating the Pakistani-Dutch pair of Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and Jean-Julien Rojer 7-6 (6), 6-3. It was the Indian pair's first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title. For Bhupathi every success post-London Olympics is a strong statement towards the tennis governing body, which...
09:40 PM, Nov 04, 2012
London: India will host South Korea in a Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Group I first round tie, which will be held from February 1-3 next year. In the draw held here on Tuesday, India have been seeded fourth in the Group I while Australia got top billing in the eight-team Group. India had retained its place in Group I after routing New Zealand 5-0 in the play-off tie in Chandigarh last...
05:37 PM, Oct 23, 2012
New Delhi: Leander Paes remained unchanged at number five but Rohan Bopanna on Tuesday re-entered the doubles top-10 on the back of his runners-up finish at the ATP Shanghai Masters. Paes won the Shanghai Masters on Monday with Radek Stepanek, who also moved two places up to number six. Bopanna jumped four places to number 10 after gaining 600 ranking points. Bopanna's partner Bhupathi improved his ranking by two slots...
06:18 PM, Oct 15, 2012
Tokyo: Leander Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek faltered at the final hurdle as they suffered an upset straight-set defeat at the hands of Alexander Peya of Austria and Brazil's Bruno Soares to finish runners-up at the ATP Japan Open here on Sunday. The fourth seeded Austrian-Brazilian pair defeated top seeds Paes and Stepanek 6-3 7-6 (5) in an hour and 46 minutes in the USD 1,280,565 hard court...
12:37 PM, Oct 07, 2012
Tokyo: Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek outplayed Daniele Bracciali and Frantisek Cermak in straight sets to storm into final of the ATP Japan Open on Saturday. The top seeded Indo-Czech pair defeated the Italian-Czech combination scored a comfortable 6-3 6-1 in one hour and three minutes in the semi-finals of the USD 1,280,565 hard court event. Paes has won three titles this season out of which two (Australian Open and...
03:33 PM, Oct 06, 2012
Tokyo:Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek overcame a second-set lapse to defeat Andy and Jamie Murray and enter the semifinals of the ATP Japan Open, here on Friday. The top seeded Indo-Czech pair defeated the British brothers pair 6-4 3-6 10-2 in one hour and 17 minutes in the quarterfinals of the USD 1,280,565 hard court event. Paes and Stepanek saved a break chance in the opening set and converted one...
07:31 PM, Oct 05, 2012
Tokyo: Top seeded pair of Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek had to work hard to down unseeded rivals in Filip Polasek and Julian Knowle in the opening round of the ATP Japan Open on Thursday. The Indo-Czech pair defeated the Slovakian-Austrian pair 6-4 6-4 in one hour and 17 minutes in the USD 1,280,565 hard court event. The two sides fought tooth and nail, producing a thrilling game of tennis....
05:28 PM, Oct 04, 2012
Bangkok: Leander Paes and Horia Tecau overcame a stiff resistance from the Dutch pair of Robin Haase and Jean-Julien Rojer to progress to the quarter-finals of the ATP Thailand Open, here on Wednesday. The top seeded Indo-Japanese pair recorded a hard-fought 6-4, 7-5 win over their unseeded rivals in one hour and 23 minutes in the opening round of the USD 551,000 hard court tournament. They next face Serbian Janko...
05:42 PM, Sep 26, 2012
New Delhi: Indian tennis stars Mahesh bhupathi and Rohan Boppanna have been banned for two years. Reports says they will not be eligible for selection to represent the country in any capacity over the next two years. Earlier, All India Tennis Association (AITA) said that it would stick to the young Indian side and wouldn't include Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna in the Davis Cup squad until the country moves...
12:12 AM, Sep 16, 2012
New Delhi: Faced with a problem of plenty, India's Davis Cup coach Nandan Bal said doubles combination for the Davis Cup tie against New Zealand would be decided on the basis of players' fitness level and weather conditions. In the squad of six, five play doubles quite well and in the absence of the battle-hardened pair of Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes, it would be quite a task to pick...
01:22 PM, Sep 12, 2012
New York: He missed out on a third US Open men's doubles title but Indian tennis star Leander Paes was far from dejected as he insisted that he and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek gave all that they had in the final clash against champions Mike and Bob Bryan. Fifth seeds Paes and Stepanek lost 6-3 6-4 to the second-seeded Bryan brothers in the summit clash Friday night. Paes was...
10:52 AM, Sep 08, 2012
In discussions on Indias greatest athletes, there are three names certain to feature " Leander Paes, Sachin Tendulkar and Viswanathan Anand. These three are great because of what they have achieved in their respective sports and also because of their excellence, durability and drive. Of the three, however, the question must be asked - who is the greatest? Tendulkar has achieved everything there is to achieve in cricket. He has...
05:14 PM, Sep 07, 2012
New York: India's Leander Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek Thursday entered the men's doubles final of the US Open. The fifth-seeded duo prevailed upon the sixth-seeded Spaniards Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez when the latter retired with the scoreline reading 6-6. They will face the winners of the other semi-final between second-seeded Americans Bob and Mike Bryan and the Pakistan-Dutch pairing of Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi and Jean-Julien Rojer in...
08:23 AM, Sep 07, 2012
New York: India's Leander Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek on Thursday entered the men's doubles final of the US Open. The fifth seeded duo prevailed upon the sixth seeded Spaniards Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez when the latter retired with the scoreline reading 6-6. They will face the winners of the other semifinal between second-seeded Americans Bob and Mike Bryan and the Pakistan-Dutch pairing of Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi and...
12:20 AM, Sep 07, 2012
New York: Leander Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek stormed into the semifinals of the US Open men's doubles event after getting the better of Julian Knowle of Austria and Slovakia's Filip Polasek in straight sets here. The fifth-seeded Indo-Czech combo took just 74 minutes to outplay their opponents 6-2 6-4. Paes and Stepanek, who had won the Australian Open title earlier this year, dominated from the word go...
12:16 PM, Sep 06, 2012
New York: Leander Paes and Sania Mirza, along with their respective partners, crashed out of the mixed doubles event of the US Open after losing in the quarterfinals here. The third-seeded Indo-Russian pair of Paes and Elena Vesnina was stunned by the seventh-seeded Czech duo of Lucie Hradecka and Frantisek Cermak 6-7 (2) 5-7 in a battle that lasted an hour and 43 minutes. Paes and Elena could win just...
01:07 PM, Sep 04, 2012
New York: Veteran Indian tennis star Leander Paes enjoyed an all-win outing to enter the quarter-finals of both the men's doubles and mixed doubles events but it was a mixed day for Sania Mirza in the season's last Grand Slam - the US Open - here. Paes and his Czech men's doubles partner Radek Stepanek sailed into the last-eight stage after the fifth seeds defeated the American-Australian combination of the...
01:00 PM, Sep 03, 2012
