Chennai: Veteran Indian tennis star Leander Paes will partner Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic in the doubles competition of the Aircel Chennai Open, starting on January 2. Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi had won the 2011 edition but they parted ways yet again and have preferred to play with younger partners. It means that home fans will see India's top three doubles players in action in the 17th edition of the event with...
06:27 PM, Dec 23, 2011
Chennai: Davis Cupper Vishnu Vardhan and talented teenager Yuki Bhambri were on Thursday awarded wildcard entries by the organisers of the Chennai Open, ensuring that at least three local players will compete in the singles draw of the country's only ATP Tour event. India's number one player Somdev Devvarman will get a direct entry into the main draw on the basis of his ranking. Promising Belgian David Goffin is the...
05:32 PM, Dec 22, 2011
Chennai: Two-time winner Marin Cilic of Croatia has been ruled out of the 2012 Chennai Open, India's only ATP World Tour event, due to an injury. The 17th edition of the tournament will be held at the SDAT Nungambakkam Tennis Stadium from January 2 to 8 and will see in action an impressive line-up of Indian and international players including world number nine Janko Tipsarevic and world number 10 Nicolas...
03:04 PM, Dec 13, 2011
Chennai: World number nine Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia and world number 10 Nicolas Almagro of Spain will feature in a strong line-up of stars for the 17th ATP Aircel Chennai Open tennis tournament commencing here from January 2 next year. Somdev Devvarman, who had his formative years in this city and is ranked ranked 85 in the world, remains the lone Indian player in the main draw. At 98, the...
05:42 PM, Nov 24, 2011
Chennai: The Indian duo of Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi will split again at the end of this season and will not compete together in the season-opening Chennai Open early next year, official sources said on Thursday. "Paes and Bhupathi have decided to part ways at the end of this season. And Bhupathi will be pairing with Rohan Bopanna at the Chennai Open," MA Alagappan, President of Tamil Nadu Tennis...
04:34 PM, Nov 24, 2011
The duo now set their sights on the upcoming Australian Open. ...
10:50 AM, Jan 10, 2011
Chennai: Stanislas Wawrinka will not have any regrets for changing his mind at the last moment and deciding to play in the Aircel ATP Chennai Open as the third seeded Swiss, given a wild card, clinched the singles title with a hard-fought 7-5, 4-6, 6-1, win against the 2007 champion Xavier Malisse from Belgium, here on Sunday. It was not the best of finals witnessed on these courts as both...
09:19 AM, Jan 10, 2011
Chennai: Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi recorded their first tour win as a team since 2004 when they outplayed the first-time combination of Robin Haase and David Martin 6-2, 6-7 (3), 10-7 to annex their fifth ATP Chennai Open doubles crown here on Sunday. The top seeded Indian duo who last won here 2002 and are preparing for this month's Australian Open, the only Grand Slam silverware missing in their...
11:17 PM, Jan 09, 2011
Chennai: Stanislas Wawrinka, who managed to sneak into the main draw as a wild card after a late decision to participate, justified the privilege by putting to sword top seed and world No 6 Tomas Berdych en route to the final of the Aircel ATP Chennai Open tennis tournament here on Saturday. Wawrinka, the 25-year old Swiss and third seed, won 6-4, 6-1, to set up a title clash with...
01:08 AM, Jan 09, 2011
Chennai: Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi needed all their combined experience to defeat the Croatian combo of Marin Cilic and Ivan Dodig 6-1, 6-7 (4), 10-4 en route to the final of the doubles event in the ATP Aircel Chennai Open tennis tournament here on Saturday. The legendary Indian pair thus are in line for their fifth Chennai Open doubles crown, the last of which was in 2002, the year...
12:52 AM, Jan 09, 2011
Chennai: The two old warhorses Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi showcased their doubles skills and guile for a comfortable 6-4, 7-6 (3) win against Philipp Marx and Ken Skupski to complete the semi-finals line up in the Aircel ATP Chennai Open tennis tournament here on Friday. Coming together on the tour after a nine-year break, Paes and Bhupathi, the top seeds here, will next meet the Croatian combo of Marin...
10:59 PM, Jan 07, 2011
Chennai: Top seed Tomas Berdych, despite struggling with his serve, had enough firepower to knock out unfancied Blaz Kavcic 6-3, 6-3, to enter the semi-finals of the Aircel ATP Chennai Open tennis tournament here on Friday. On the outside court, Xavier Malisse, the seventh seeded Belgian, extended his hold on Bjorn Phau from Germany with a 6-0, 6-2 win in 71 minutes that witnessed long baseline rallies. He too moved...
09:22 PM, Jan 07, 2011
Chennai: Second seeded Indo-Pak combine of Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Huq Qureshi bite the dust losing their doubles quarterfinal match 4-6 5-7 against unseeded American-Dutch duo of David Martin and Robinn Haase in the Aircel Chennai Open ATP Tennis tournament here on Thursday night. Playing against a vociferous supportive crowd, Bopanna and Qureshi tried their best to make a match of their rivals superior play in a evenly fought out match...
11:18 PM, Jan 06, 2011
Chennai: Japan's highest ranked player on the pro tour, 21-year old Kei Nishikori continued his ascent with a stunning come-from-behind victory against Colombian Alejandro Falla to book a quarter-final berth in the Aircel ATP Chennai Open tennis tournament here on Thursday. The 98th ranked Nishikori's 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 win lined him up against Serbian Davis Cupper and sixth seed Janko Tipsarevic who earlier beat Russian qualifier Alexandre Kudryavtsev 6-2, 7-6...
11:15 PM, Jan 06, 2011
Tomas Berdych, World No. 6 tennis player, reached the quarterfinals of the Chennai Open on Wednesday. ...
10:27 AM, Jan 06, 2011
Chennai: The 'Indo-Pak Express' of Rohan Bopanna and Aisam Ul-Haq Qureshi steamed into the quarter-finals of the doubles event in the Aircel ATP Chennai Open tennis tournament with a straight-set win against South Americans Marcos Daniel and Eduardo Schwank here on Wednesday. The Bangalore-born Bopanna and Lahore's Qureshi, runners-up at the 2010 US Open, did not have much to fear from the Brazilian-Argentine combo that only showed some sparks in...
10:10 PM, Jan 05, 2011
Chennai: Top seed and World No 6 Tomas Berdych was kept on court for longer than expected as he eased past the unheralded Ivan Dodig 6-2, 6-4, to enter the singles quarter-finals of the Aircel ATP Chennai Open tennis tournament here on Wednesday. The match lasted an hour and 27 minutes as the 25-year-old Czech Berdych overcame some resistance in the second set by the 88th-ranked Croatian who otherwise was...
09:01 PM, Jan 05, 2011
Somdev Devvarman crashed out in the opening round of the Chennai Open, losing to Belgian qualifier David Goffin. ...
09:20 AM, Jan 05, 2011
Chennai: The Indian challenge in the singles event at the Aircel Chennai Open ended on Tuesday as country's No. 1 singles player Somdev Devvarman crashed out in the opening round losing to Belgian qualifier David Goffin in straight sets. Goffin, playing his first ever ATP Tour match thrashed 6-2, 6-4 to win in only 86 minutes to take on last year's runner-up Stanislaus Wawrinka (third seed) in the second round....
11:04 PM, Jan 04, 2011
Chennai: Top seed and World No.6 Tomas Berdych from Czech Republic gave a merciless 6-0, 6-1 hiding to unheralded Portugese Frederico Gil in a mere 45 minutes on way to the second round of the Aircel ATP Chennai Open tennis tournament, here on Tuesday. Such was the overwhelming difference between the two 25-year olds that the contest appeared more like a pre-tournament hit-about than a competition as Berdych, the 2010...
08:33 PM, Jan 04, 2011
