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
New York: Indo-Czech pair of Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek moved into the U.S. Open third round here at the Flushing Meadows. The fifth seeds defeated unseeded Brazilian duo of Thomaz Bellucci and Joao Souza in straight sets, 7-5, 7-6 (3), in one hour and 45 minutes Friday. In the first set, Paes-Stepanek broke Bellucci-Souza on their second break point and sealed the set without losing a single game on...
02:58 PM, Sep 01, 2012
New Delhi: Sending out a strong message that indiscipline will not be tolerated, the AITA on Saturday dropped Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna from the the Davis Cup team for the upcoming tie against New Zealand and blooded youngsters to prepare the side for the future. Veteran Leander Paes and singles exponent Somdev Devvarman were not considered after they made themselves unavailable for the tie, scheduled for September 14-16 in...
03:45 PM, Aug 18, 2012
Montreal/Toronto: India's Sania Mirza and Leander Paes have moved into the quarter-finals with their respective partners whereas their compatriots Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna lost their pre-quarterfinal match at the Rogers Cup tennis doubles. Sania and her American partner Bethanie Mattek-Sands beat Slovak duo Dominika Cibulkova and Daniela Hantochova 6-2, 6-3, in an hour and nine minutes on Friday. Both the sets ran more or less on similar lines as...
02:29 AM, Aug 11, 2012
London: India's tennis campaign at 2012 London Games came to an end on Saturday after the mixed doubles pair of Leander Paes and Sania Mirza lost their quarterfinal match to the top seeded Belarusian pair of Victoria Azarenka and Max Mirnyi here at the Wimbledon. Paes, a 1996 singles bronze medallist, and Sania lost 5-7, 6-7 (7-5) to the top seeded Belarusian pair of Victoria Azarenka and Max Mirnyi in...
10:13 PM, Aug 04, 2012
India's mixed doubles quarterfinal match between Leander Peas/Sania Mirza and Belaruss' Max Mirnyi/Victoria Azarenka was postponed for Saturday due to bad light. Paes and Sania were behind 7-5, 3-2 when the play was adjourned for the day. Paes-Mirza held their serve till the 10th game of the first set and their serve was broken in the 12th game which Mirnyi-Azarenka won to wrap up the first set. Once the second...
09:51 AM, Aug 04, 2012
London: Leander Paes and Sania Mirza defeated the Serbian pair of Nenad Zimonjic and Ana Ivanovic in straight sets to enter the mixed doubles quarter-finals of the London Olympics here on Thursday. Paes-Sania beat the Serbian pair 6-2, 6-4 in only 64 minutes to set up a last-eight clash with top seeds Max Mirnyi and Victoria Azarenka from Belarus. The Indian pair dominated the proceedings from the start as they...
11:44 PM, Aug 02, 2012
