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Nestor and Zimonjic win men’s doubles title

June 6, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

Canadian Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia beat Leander Paes of India and Czech Lukas Dlouhy 7-5 6-2 on Saturday to win the French Open men’s doubles and clinch their third grand-slam title together.

The second seeds added the French Open to the Wimbledon crowns they captured in 2008 and 2009.

“I think it’s nice we won here,” said Nestor who has lifted seven grand-slam doubles titles including one mixed.

The Canadian said he and Zimonjic, who won the French Open mixed doubles with Slovenia’s Katarina Srebotnik on Thursday, would look to maintain their form at Wimbledon this month.

“Obviously Wimbledon has been great to us,” said Nestor. “I think that’s still our best surface. It would be nice to try and win three in a row there.”

(Editing by Neil Maidment; to query or comment on this story email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)

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French Open: Paes-Dlouhy seeded third, Bhupathi-Mirnyi fifth

May 24, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

Paris, May 24 (IANS) Defending Champions Leander Paes of India and Lukas Dlouhy of Czech Republic have been seeded third while India’s Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi of Belarus are seeded fifth at the French Open.

Paes and Dlouhy face Sweden’s Johan Brunstrom and Jean-Julien Rojer of the Netherland Antilles in the first round while Bhupathi and Mirnyi meet Jurgen Melzer of Austria and Germany’s Philipp Petzschner in their opening round.

India’s Rohan Bopanna and Pakistan’s Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi are also in the fray and they square up against Italy’s Fabio Fognini and American Michael Russell in the first round.

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Somdev crashes out of French Open in first round

May 24, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

Paris, May 23 (IANS) A fighting Somdev Devvarman crashed out of the French Open 3-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 3-6 in a marathon first round match against Switzerland’s 65th-ranked Marco Chiudinelli here Sunday.

The 109th-ranked Indian and Chiudinelli were locked in a three-hour long battle before the Swiss evened his head-to-head meetings with Somdev. The Indian had beaten Chiudinelli in their only previous meeting in Dubai earlier this year.

Somdev Friday had become the first Indian in 13 years to qualify for the main draw at Roland Garros. Leander Paes was the last Indian to play in the men’s singles here in 1997 and he lost in the second round to Magnus Norman.

Somdev’s only previous Grand Slam entry was in the US Open last year where he lost to Germany’s Philipp Kohlschreiber.

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Paes-Dlouhy in semis of ATP Madrid Masters

May 16, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy came back from a set behind to beat Nicolas Almagro and Marc Lopez and book a semifinal berth in the doubles event of the ATP Madrid Masters.

The third set Indo-Cech pair overcame the challenge of the local pair 2-6 7-5 10-3 in the hard-fought quarter-final that went on for one hour and 17 minutes.

They will now take on top seed pair of Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic, who scored a 6-3 6-4 win over sixth seeds Lukasz Kubot and Oliver Marach in their quarter-final encounter of the euro 2835000 clay court event in Madrid.

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Rome Masters: Paes-Dlouhy advance, Bhupathi-Mirnyi crash out

April 30, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

Rome, April 30 (IANS) India’s Leander Paes and Czech Lukas Dlouhy advanced to the men’s doubles quarterfinals while Mahesh Bhupathi and Belarusian Max Mirnyi crashed out of the second round in the 2,750,000 euros Rome Masters tennis.

Third-seeded Paes and Dlouhy were given a walkover by Croat Ivan Ljubicic and Frenchman Michael Llodra, who withdrew because of a side strain to Ljubicic here Friday.

The Indo-Czech pair next plays seventh seeded duo of Poland’s Lukasz Kubot and Oliver Marach of Austria.

Meanwhile, fourth seeds Bhupathi and Mirnyi went down fighting to Americans John Isner and Sam Querrey 2-6, 7-6(5), 6-10.

Isner and Querrey now plays Swiss wildcard pair of Roger Federer and Yves Allegro.

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Leander Paes wins US Open men’s doubles

September 14, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New York, Sep. 14 (ANI): India-Czech Republic pairing Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy won the final of US Open men’s doubles to claim their second Grand Slam title of the year.

They beat third seeded Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles 3-6 6-3 6-2.

“This is the best year I’ve ever had on tour,” BBC quoted Paes, 36, as saying.

The Paes-Dlouhy duo had won French Open men’s doubles title in June.

Sunday’s triumph for fourth seeds pair comes after their loss in last year’s final at Flushing Meadows.

Dlouhy had also reached the 2007 final with previous partner Pavel Vizner.

Paes has now won six men’s doubles Grand Slam titles and three of those successes came with countryman Bhupathi. (ANI)

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Paes to face Bhupathi in US open doubles clash

September 12, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New York, Sep 11 (ANI): Irrespective of who wins or loses, India will triumph as two of its tennis stars-Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes-face each other in the US Open men’s doubles final on Friday evening.

Paes will partner Lukas Dlouhy of the Czech Republic, while Bhupathi, will partner Mark Knowles of the Bahamas.

This is the first time Paes and Bhupathi are facing each other in a Grand Slam title clash.

Both Bhupathi and Paes have been in good form throughout the year Paes won the French Open this season while Bhupathi won the doubles title at the Montreal Masters.

The duo have met thrice in a Grand Slam event, but never in a final. Paes has beaten Bhupathi twice. (ANI)

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Paes, Bhupathi enter US Open doubles semi-finals

September 10, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New York, Sep.9 (ANI): Indian tennis stars Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi are hoping to compete against each other in the doubles finals of the US OPen at Flushing Meadow after entering the semi-finals on Tuesday.

Mahesh Bhupathi and his partner Mark Knowles of Bahamas outwitted Croatian Ivan Ljubicic and Frenchman Michael Llodra in the men’s doubles quarter final at US Open in New York on Tuesday.

Bhupathi and Knowles could face Leander Paes and his Czech partner Lukas Dloughy.

Paes and Dloughy, seeded fourth, beat seventh seeded Wesley Moodie of South Africa and Dick Norman of Belgium 6-3, 5-7, 6-4.

The Paes-Dloughy pair will now meet top seeded Bob and Mike Bryan of United States in the semi-finals.

Paes and Zimbabwean Cara Black have booked their birth in the mixed doubles final of the US Open by beating the fifth seeded pair of Hsieh Su-wei, Taiwan, and Kevin Ullyett, Zimbabwe, in the semi-finals 6-2, 3-6, 10-5. (ANI)

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Bhupathi, Paes enter US Open mixed doubles semis

September 8, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New York, Sep 8 (ANI): Ace Indian players Leander Peas and Mahesh Bhupathi have entered the semi-finals of the mixed doubles of the US Open with their respective partners.

Leander Paes and Cara Black of Zimbabwe beat Rennae Stubbs and Robert Lindstedt to enter the mixed doubles semi-finals.

Mahesh Bhupathi and his mixed doubles partner Liezel Huber of USA beat eighth Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Nenad Zimonjic in a straight set of 6-4, 6-3 to make it to the semi finals.

Bhupathi and Huber will play against the unseeded pair of Carly Gullickson and Travis Parrott in the semi-final.

Both Paes and Bhupathi have also entered the quarterfinals of the men’s double championship with their respective partners.

Paes and Lukas Dlouhy defeated the Austrian duo of Julian Knowle and Jurgen Melzer 7-5, 6-4.

They now play against the seventh-seeded South Africa’s Wesley Moodie and Belgium’s Dick Norman in the fourth round. (ANI)

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Paes-and His Zimbabwean Partner Black lose in Wimbeldon mixed doubles final

July 6, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, July 6 (IANS) Top seeds Leander Paes and his Zimbabwean partner Cara Black lost in the final of Wimbeldon mixed doubles here Sunday.
The ninth seeds Bahamian Mark Knowles and his German partner Anna-Lena Groenefeld stunned everyone as they hit back from 5-2 down in the first set to win eight games in a row and earn a 7-5, 6-3 victory over title favourites.

The Indo-Zimbabwean duo have not met much success following their US Open victory. They lost in the second round of both the Australian and the French Opens. Paes was just a match from his 10th career Grand Slam.

This is the fourth major title and first Wimbeldon for Knowles and the first major trophy for Groenfeld.

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Paes-Black enter Wimbledon mixed doubles semi-finals

July 3, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, July 2 (IANS) India’s Leander Paes and Cara Black of Zimbabwe defeated Brazil’s Andre Sa and Ai Sugiyama of Japan 6-3, 6-3 to storm into the semi-finals of Wimbledon mixed doubles here Thursday.
The top seeded Paes and Black took just over an hour to clear the quarterfinal stage.

Paes and Black broke their opponents twice in the first set and once in the second to register a comfortable victory. Sa and Sugiyama had their chances but lost six break point opportunities in the match.

The US Open champions will now clash with Stephen Huss of Australia and Spaniard Virginia Ruano Pascual, seeded 12th, who got the better of Australian pair of Peter McNamara and Paul McNamee 6-4, 7-6 (6).

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Wimbledon – Wimbledon: Paes-Black beat Bhupathi-Sania in mixed doubles

July 1, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Wimbledon – Wimbledon: Paes-Black beat Bhupathi-Sania in mixed doubles

London, June 30 (IANS) It was Leander Paes who won the much hyped battle against his estranged doubles partner Mahesh Bhupathi in the Wimbledon mixed doubles.

Paes partnering Cara Black of Zimbabwe defeated Bhupathi and Sania Mirza 6-2, 6-7 (2) 6-3 to move into the quarter-final Monday night.

Top seeded Paes and Black with a double break pocketed the first set for a 1-0 lead.

The second set went on serve till the tie-break where Bhupathi and Sania prevailed to draw parity.

The US Open mixed doubles champions broke Bhupathi and Mirza twice in the third set to close the match in just over two hours.

The loss spelt the end of Sania’s challenge in Wimbledon this year. The 22-year-old Hyderabadi had bowed out of the second round of both singles and doubles event.

In the men’s doubles, Bhupathi and Mark Knowles of Bahamas beat India’s Prakash Amritraj and Pakistan’s Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (3), 6-0 to move into the quarter-finals of men’s doubles.

In the boy’s singles first round, India’s Sudarwa Sitaram beat Egyptian Karim-Mohamed Maamoun 6-3, 4-6, 6-2. He now plays 2008 junior Australian Open champion Bernard Tomic.

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Wimbledon Mixed Doubles – Paes, Bhupathi to cross swords in Wimbledon Mixed Doubles

June 29, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Wimbledon Mixed Doubles – Paes, Bhupathi to cross swords in Wimbledon Mixed Doubles

London, June 28 (IANS) India’s Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi will be on the opposite sides of the net in the Wimbledon mixed doubles third round Monday.

The 1999 Wimbledon men’s doubles champions have run into each other after clearing their second round matches Saturday.

Bhupathi with compatriot Sania Mirza beat Britons Colin Fleming and Sarah Borwell 7-6 (4), 6-4 Saturday. The 13th-seeded Bhupathi and Sania are the Australian Open mixed doubles champions.

Paes is partnering Zimbabwean Cara Black, with whom he won the US Open mixed doubles last year. The top seeded pair, who received a bye in the first round, is yet to play a match in the tournament after they received a walkover from Slovakian Michal Mertinak and Italian Mara Santangelo.

This is the third time in the tournament that Bhupathi will clash with a fellow Indian. He and Mark Knowles of the Bahamas will meet Prakash Amritraj and Pakistan’s Aisam-ul Haq Qureshi in the men’s doubles third round Monday. Earlier, the fourth-seeded pair had beaten Somdev Devvarman and South African Kevin Anderson in the first round.

Paes and Bhupathi, besides winning the Wimbledon men’s doubles title together, have won the mixed doubles title here twice before.

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Paes, Dlouhy in French Open doubles second round

May 28, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Paris, May 28 (IANS) India’s Leander Paes and Czech Lukas Dlouhy advanced to the doubles second round of French Open tennis with a 6-1, 6-3 win over France’s Sebastien De Chaunac and Benoit Paire at Roland Garros here.

Third-seeded Paes and Dlouhy outplayed their opponent in the first set, closing it out in just 20 minutes with three break of serves. They wasted three break points in the second set, while converting one to wrap it up in 30 minutes late Wednesday.

The Indo-Czech pair next play American James Cerretani and Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine, who defeated Nicolas Almagro and Ivan Navarro of Spain 6-2, 4-6, 6-2.

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Sania crashes out of BNP Paribas Open

March 15, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Indian Wells (California), Mar 15 (ANI): Indian tennis sensation Sania Mirza on Sunday crashed out of the women’s singles event after a straight set loss to Italian Flavia Pennetta in the second round of the BNP Paribas Open here.

Another Indian Leander Paes, however, advanced to the second round of men’s doubles.

The loss ends Sania’s campaign at the event as she has already been ousted from the doubles event.

Sania lost 3-6 4-6 after battling it out for over an hour against the 12th seeded Italian.

Fourth seeds Paes and his Czech partner Lukas Dlouhy carved out a 6-4 3-6 10-8 win over unseeded Austrians Julian Knowle and Jurgen Melzer in the opening round.

Paes and Dlouhy will take on another unseeded team of Argentines Juan Martin Del Potro and David Nalbandian in the second round. (ANI)

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I am focussing on singles: Yuki Bhambri

February 7, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, Feb. 6, (ANI): Young tennis sensation Yuki Bhambri on Friday said that he is focussing on playing singles for the time being.

Sixteen-year-old Yuki Bhambri became the first Indian to win the junior boys title at the Australian Open. He was speaking at a store launch here.

Bhambri was presented a shoe shaped memento on the occasion, which was attended by former tennis great Ramesh Krishnan.

“Currently I’m focusing on singles and doubles for me mean a lot of fun and learning experience because in doubles we can practice our volley and serve which is very helpful in playing singles,” Yuki said.

Bhambri has become the third Indian junior to win a title after Ramesh Krishnan (French and Wimbledon junior champion in 1979) and Leander Paes (Wimbledon junior crown in 1990 and the US Open title in 1991). (ANI)

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Yuki Bhambri returns to Delhi to a ‘grand’ welcome

February 2, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, Feb 2 (ANI): Yuki Bhambri, who became the first Indian to win the junior boys title at the Australian Open, returned home to a grand welcome on Monday.

The sixteen-year-old who belied his lean frame but underlined his top ranking to claim the Australian Open boys’ singles title was literally left speechless as he reached here to a rousing reception.

Besides his family members, his coach Aditya Sachdeva and hundreds of fans and friends had gathered at the Indira Gandhi International Airport to receive him with beating drums and garlands.

“It’s a great achievement for Yuki. Its overwhelming like I said, its unreal,” saidachdeva who has been Yuki’s coach for past six years.
The Delhi lad won the Australian Open boys title last week, after beating German opponent Alexandros-Ferdinandos Georgoudas 6-3, 6-1 in the final.

Though it was Bhambri’s first encounter with his unseeded German opponent, he wrapped up the contest in straight sets without showing any signs of nervousness.

After losing in last year’s semi-final, Bhambri reworked on his game to emerge as the champion this year.

Bhambri has become the third Indian junior to win a title after Ramesh Krishnan (French and Wimbledon junior champ in 1979) and Leander Paes (Wimbledon junior crown in 1990 and the US Open title in 1991). (ANI)

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Bhupathi-Knowles reaches Australian Open semifinals, Paes-Cara defeated

January 27, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Melbourne, Jan 27, (ANI): The third-seeded duo of Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles cruised into the semifinals of men’s doubles of the Australian Open beating the Spanish team.

Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles beat the Spanish pair of Feliciano Lopez and Fernando Verdasco 6-1 2-6 6-4 taking one hour and 28 minutes.

This Indo-Bahamian pair played a controlled game, committing just four errors in comparison to 11 of their opponents.

But, in another match of the mixed doubles, Leander Paes and his partner Cara Black, were outplayed 1-6 5-7 in the second round of mixed double by unseeded Swiss-South African pair in just over one hour. (ANI)

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