The fifth-seeded Indo-Russian pair beat Katarina Srebotnik and Nenad Zimonjic 3-6, 6-2, 10-5 in the second round of the Australian Open. ...
01:41 PM, Jan 22, 2013
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
Shanghai: Indian duo of Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna has set up a summit clash with Leander Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek after both the pairs won their respective semifinal matches in the Shanghai Masters here Saturday. The seventh seeded Indian combo reached its second ATP World Tour Masters final of the season after beating British pair of Colin Fleming and Ross Hutchins 6-7 (4) 6-3 10-8 in...
06:53 PM, Oct 13, 2012
Shanghai: Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna may meet Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek in the summit clash of the Shanghai Masters, after reaching the semi-finals of the elite ATP tournament, here on Friday. Bhupathi and Bopanna, seeded seventh, shocked second seeds Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor 7-6(7), 6-4 in one hour 23 minutes in the quarter-finals of the $3,531,600 hard court event. Later in the day, fourth seeded Paes and...
06:24 PM, Oct 12, 2012
New Delhi: Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi have decided to split as a pair, ending the speculation over their future as a mixed doubles team following the bitter selection row ahead of the London Olympics. The two players are playing with different partners at the US Open as Sania has teamed up with British doubles specialist Colin Fleming while Bhupathi is playing with Czech Andrea Hlavackova at the last Grand...
08:00 PM, Aug 29, 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
London: India's feuding tennis stars will seek to put the selection acrimony behind when they launch their Olympic campaign here Saturday, hoping to prove that their personal differences will not come in the way of bagging a medal for the country. The wranglings among players in the build up to the mega-event has raised serious doubts on whether they are in the right frame of mind to be able to...
03:07 PM, Jul 27, 2012
New Delhi: Sania Mirza on Monday said that the bitter London Olympics tennis selection row created bad blood among the players and also strained her relationship with Mahesh Bhupathi but she has left it behind to focus on winning a medal in mixed-doubles with Leander Paes. Paes was forced to pair with lower-ranked Vishnu Vardhan in men's doubles after both Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna refused to play with him. He...
08:11 PM, Jul 09, 2012
Mahesh Bhupathi has sent an official letter to the AITA saying he will not play with Leander Paes in London Olympics. ...
12:18 AM, Jun 19, 2012
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