Melbourne: India's veteran tennis player Mahesh Bhupathi slammed the All India Tennis Federation's (AITA) policies when it comes to pairing players for big international events. Bhupathi was baffled by the AITA's decision to pair Sania Mirza with Leander Paes for the 2010 Commonwealth Games held in Delhi, even though he and Sania won the Australian Open mixed doubles title in 2009 and also reached the final once. Asked if he...
09:28 PM, Jan 19, 2012
Melbourne: The mixed doubles draw is a little more star-studded than usual at the Australian Open this year, all thanks to the upcoming London Olympics. Serena Williams and Andy Roddick are teaming up to get some practice just in case they decide to combine at the Olympics, where mixed doubles will be included as an event for the first time since 1924. Incredibly, the duo are not seeded and are...
07:24 PM, Jan 19, 2012
Melbourne: Sania Mirza, along with her Russian partner Elena Vesnina, stormed into the second round of the Australian Open women's doubles with a comprehensive 6-0, 6-2 victory over Greece's Eleni Daniilidou and Alexandra Panova of Russia on Thursday. The sixth-seeded Indo-Russian duo dominated from the word go to completely outplay their unseeded opponents in just 50 minutes. Sania-Vesnina won as many as 54 points against just 26 by Daniilidou and...
05:52 PM, Jan 19, 2012
Melbourne: Indian doubles tennis player Rohan Bopanna said on Wednesday that the focus will be on all the Grand Slams ahead of the 2012 London Olympics. Bopanna, who teamed up with Mahesh Bhupathi last year keeping in mind the Olympics, said the Australian Open will be the pair's first step towards Olympic glory. Bopanna and Bhupathi, who are playing together for the first time in a Grand Slam, had to...
12:16 AM, Jan 19, 2012
New Delhi: A knee surgery meant that season 2011 ended a bit early for Sania Mirza, but the Indian star says it won't make much of a difference as it happened just at the right moment. Sania had torn her meniscus during the US Open and underwent a surgery in Hyderabad exactly a week back, to be out of action for five-to-six weeks. It means that Sania won't be in...
06:46 PM, Oct 15, 2011
New York: Austria's Jurgen Melzer and Germany's Philipp Petzschner won their second Grand Slam doubles title, beating Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski in straights sets in the US Open final on Saturday. The ninth-seeded Melzer and Petzschner won 6-2, 6-2 in 49 minutes. They also won Wimbledon last year. Fyrstenberg and Matkowski, from Poland, were seeded sixth. This was their first-ever Grand Slam final appearance. Melzer and Petzschner combined for...
01:48 PM, Sep 11, 2011
New York: India's chances in the Davis Cup World Group play-off received a setback after Leander Paes' back spasms during his US Open Tennis Championships men's doubles quarter-final made him a doubtful starter for the tie. He has also pulled out of his mixed doubles semi-final with Elena Vesnina. Third-seeded Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi, the runners-up at Flushing Meadows in 1999, lost 4-6, 6-7 (7/4) to sixth-seeded Polish duo Mariusz...
11:42 AM, Sep 09, 2011
Paris: Former world number one Amelie Mauresmo has been barred from playing the French Open mixed doubles because she is not registered in the anti-doping programme, organisers said on Wednesday. Two-times grand slam champion Mauresmo of France, who retired in 2009, had received a wildcard to play the mixed doubles at Roland Garros with compatriot Michael Llodra - although she was not planning a comeback on the tour. "The pair...
12:55 PM, May 26, 2011
This is the second Grand Slam mixed doubles title that Paes and Black won. ...
12:34 PM, Jan 31, 2010
A triumph on Sunday will take Paes' Grand Slam tally to 11. ...
07:42 PM, Jan 30, 2010
Paes partnered Zimbabwean Cara Black to clear their semifinal passage. ...
08:33 PM, Jan 27, 2010
Sania-King went down 4-6, 2-6 to French Julie Coin-Mathilde Johansson. ...
09:57 PM, Oct 15, 2009
The Williams sisters won their third Grand Slam crown of the year. ...
07:52 AM, Sep 15, 2009
Leander Paes won the battle of Indians as well as his 10th Grand Slam title. ...
03:41 AM, Sep 14, 2009
The duo defeated old friend and competitor Bhupathi and Knowles. ...
03:01 AM, Sep 14, 2009
Bhupathi and Knowles have booked their berth in the other semi-final. ...
03:25 AM, Sep 09, 2009
Jwala and Diju opened their campaign in rollicking style. ...
12:41 AM, Aug 14, 2009
The top-seeded pair were eyeing their second Grand Slam title on Sunday. ...
02:35 AM, Jul 06, 2009
The duo suffered straight set loss to Alla Kudryavtseva and Monica Niculescu. ...
12:13 AM, Jun 28, 2009
Paes has won a men's doubles title at a Major after three years. ...
12:39 AM, Jun 07, 2009
