
Paris: The seventh seeded pair of Indian veteran Leander Paes and Austrian Alexander Peya advanced to the French Open second round after notching up a three-set win in their opening men's doubles match at Roland Garros here. Paes and Peya defeated Italians Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini 6-1, 6-7 (2), 6-3 in a contest lasting a little over two hours. They will now be facing the unseeded Russian-Uzbek combination of...

09:41 AM, Jun 01, 2012

Mumbai: While Leander Paes is having his dream run at the moment when it comes to his first passion " tennis, his Bollywood ambitions have taken a backseat at the moment. Currently preparing for the rigorous tennis season ahead of him " with the Olympics, the Wimbledon and the French Open, the sportsperson tells HitList that he will get back to filming again only towards the end of the month....

01:11 PM, May 31, 2012

Paris: Battling to be in the top 10 before the June 11 cut-off mark for the London Olympics, Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna were drawn against the French team of Marc Gicquel and Edouard Roger-Vasselin in their men's doubles opening round of the French Open. Bopanna and Bhupathi, ranked 12th and 13th respectively, need to be in top 10 to make a direct entry into the men's doubles event of...

11:49 AM, May 28, 2012

The 2011 men's doubles final at the Australian Open saw Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi team up for the third time in their career in an attempt to lay their hands on something that had eluded them both. However, the opponents on the other side of the net on that occasion, the Bryan (Mike and Bob) brothers went on to deny the famed Indian duo a fairytale reunion, winning the...

10:04 PM, Jan 28, 2012

Despite their denials, it appears certain that Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi are headed for a split. ...

10:26 AM, Nov 17, 2011

Mumbai: India tennis ace Leander Paes was shocked by reports that he and partner Mahesh Bhupathi are heading for splitsville... yet again! Paes and Bhupathi have had a tumultuous past that has seen them attain the World No 1 doubles ranking and thereafter splitting on a bitter note. They reunited earlier this year after nearly a decade. However, it was reported on Tuesday that they could be separating from each...

11:07 PM, Nov 16, 2011
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Yet another Paes-Bhupathi split? If the recent newspaper reports are to be believed doubles legends Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes are going separate ways from ...

01:03 PM, Nov 16, 2011

Reports suggest that Rohan Bopanna will be Mahesh Bhupathi's new partner, while Leander Paes will team up with Radek Stepanek. ...

09:14 PM, Nov 15, 2011

New Delhi: Veteran tennis players Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi are reportedly heading for another split, according to reports in a national daily. After having parted ways for more than a decade, Paes and Bhupathi had reunited last year in a bid to win the Australian Open, the only Grand Slam title that has eluded them. But according to the Hindustan Times, the two are looking to play with younger...

04:16 PM, Nov 15, 2011

Kolkata: Farhan Akhtar, Leander Paes and Sam Pitroda - wonder what's common between these men. It's Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress. They are part of an eight-member committee whose task will be to mentor the party's youth wing and set leadership goals for the Facebook generation. TMC MP Elect Derek O'Brein said, "We want more and more young educated people to join politics - Farhan is excellent in his field of...

09:59 AM, Jul 27, 2011

His debut film will be titled 'Rajdhani Express' and Amisha Patel will be seen romancing the tennis player on the big screen. ...

10:57 AM, Oct 26, 2010

Paes and Dlouhy, who lost the match in less than an hour, were outplayed by the Swedish-Australian combination. ...

12:06 PM, Feb 28, 2010

Paes made a return while Yuki Bhambri was left out of the Indian squad. ...

07:34 PM, Feb 18, 2010