Paris, Nov 12 : India's Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi made an early exit from the Paris Masters, going down in the second round with their partners.

Fourth seeded Paes and Lukas Dlouhy of Czech Republic went down to American Travis Parrott and Australian Jordan Kerr 7-6(5), 4-6, 5-10 Wednesday.

Bhupathi and Mark Knowles of Bahamas, seeded third, also lost a close match 4-6, 7-6 (6), 7-10 to Simon Aspelin of Sweden and Paul Hanley of Australia.(IANS)

Indian Davis Cup team faced a major blow as Indian tennis star Leander Paes has ruled himself out of the World Group play-off tie against South Africa due to shoulder and elbow injuries.

Paes received these injuries in the recently concluded US Open. Paes had clinched the title of men's doubles event with his Czech partner Lukas Dlouhy while he and Zimbabwean Cara Black finished as runner-up in the mixed doubles event of US Open.

New York, Sep. 14 : 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.

India’s Leander Paes and Cara Black of Zimbabwe failed to overcome last hurdle in their way of US Open mixed doubles crown as they went down to Carly Gullickson and Travis Parrott of US in the final on the Arthur Ashe court at Flushing Meadows on Friday.

The top seeded and defending champions Paes-Cara were upset by the unseeded US pair in straight sets 6-2 6-4. Paes-Cara looked off color in the match and they committed many unforced errors.

New York, Sep 11 : 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.

Indian tennis stars Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi have ensured US Open men's doubles trophy for India as they will clash with each other in the final of the men's doubles event with their respective partners.

The third seeded pair of Bhupathi and Bahamian Mark Knowles will face fourth seeded duo of Paes and Czech Lukas Dlouhy in the men's doubles final. This will be first time in history of tennis that three times Grand Slam winner pair will play against each other in the Grand Slam final.

India's Leander Paes and Cara Black of Zimbabwe have stormed into the final of the mixed doubles event of the US open for the second successive time after defeating Taipei-Zimbabwe pair of Su-Wei Hsieh and Kevin Ullyett in the semifinal at the Flushing Meadows on Tuesday.  

The defending champions Paes and Cara ousted their fifth seeded opponents in a three setter match 6-2, 3-6, 10-5. The Indo-Zimbabwean pair fought hard and raced away with the match after it went to tie-breaker.  

Indian tennis players Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes have stormed into the semifinals of the mixed doubles event of the US Open with their respective partners.
Bhupathi and Paes also reached into the quarter-finals of the men's doubles event at the Flushing Meadows in New York on Monday.

Indian Tennis stars Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes have booked their berth in the quarter-finals of the mixed doubles event of the US Open after winning their second round matches with their respective partners at Flushing Meadows in New York.

Bhupathi and his American partner Liezel Huber, top seeded, ousted Jill Craybas and Eric Butorac of the US in straight sets 6-3, 6-3 in just 54 minutes. The Indo-American duo will now lock horns with the winner of the second round match between Stephen Huss-Virginia Ruano Pascual and eighth seeded duo of Nenad Zimonjic-Bethanie Mattek Sands.

India's Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy of Czech Republic have reached into the second round of men's double event of the US Open after ousting Romanian pair of Victor Hanescu and Gabriel Trifu.
The fourth-seeded Indo-Czech pair defeated Victor-Trifu duo in straight sets by 7-6 (11) 7-6 (4) in 107 minutes in the first round at Flushing Meadows. Paes-Dlouhy, runner-up of last year US Open, fought hard to win the match against their opponent as both sets went to tie-breaker.

New York Sep 2 : India''s Leander Paes and his Czech partner Lukas Dlouhy sailed into the second round of the US Open men''s doubles event.

The Paes- Dlouhy pair registered a win over Romanian pair of Victor Hanescue and Grabriel Trifu in first round. The fourth seeded Indo-Czech pair defeated their rivals 7-6 (11), 7-6 (4) to reach the second round.

The fourth seeded Indo-Czech pair took 107 minutes to complete the win.

It was a hard fought match with Paes and Dlouhy playing the crucial points better and winning both the sets in the tiebreaker.

Washington, July 21 : Indian tennis star Leander Paes, who generally keeps himself away from any confrontational on-court behaviour, was involved in a mother of all verbal volleys with former American tennis legend John McEnroe.

The incident took place in Washington DC, when Paes ''s Washington Kastles team faced off against McEnroe’s New York Sportimes, as part of World Team Tennis.

The top seeded pair of India’s Leander Paes and Zimbabwean Cara Black has lost the final match of the mixed double event of the Wimbledon championship in London on Sunday.

The ninth seeded pair of Mark Knowles of Bahamas and Anna-Lena Groenefeld of Germany has won the Wimbledon title after defeating Paes-Cara duo in the final match in the straight sets by 7-5.

Knowles-Anna duo made a strong comeback to win the first set after trailing by 5-2 as they won eight games in a row.

The top seeded pair of India’s Leander Paes and Zimbabwean Cara Black has advanced into the final of the mixed double event of the Wimbledon championship after defeating Stephen Huss of Australia and Spanish Virginia Ruano Pascual in London on Friday.

Paes-Cara duo has outplayed the 12th seeded pair of Huss-Pascual in the straight sets by 6-4, 6-4 in the semifinal of mixed double event, which lasted for 71 minutes.

The top seeded pair of India’s Leander Paes and his Zimbabwean partner Cara Black has stormed into the semifinals of the mixed double event of the Wimbledon championship where they will meet 12th seeded pair of Australian Stephen Huss and his Spaniard partner Virginia Ruano Pascual.

Paes-Cara duo has recorded a convincing win over the 11th seeded pair of Andre Sa and Ai Sugiyama as they defeated their opponents in straight sets by 6-3 6-3 in the quarterfinal in London on Thursday.

India’s Leander Paes and his Zimbabwean partner Cara Black advanced into the quarterfinals of the mixed double event of the Wimbledon after defeating Indian pair of Mahesh Bhupati and Sania Mirza in London on Monday.

Paes-Cara duo has defeated the 13th seeded pair of Bhupati-Sania by 6-2, 6-7(2), 6-3 in the third round of the mixed double event of the Wimbledon championship.

The first set was easily won by the top seeded pair of Paes-Cara but in the second set Bhupati-Sania came back strongly as they won the second set which went to tie-breaker.

Indian tennis stars Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi, who won the Wimbledon title men's double event in 1999, will clash with each other in the third round of the mixed double event of the Wimbledon championship on Monday.

The 13th seeded pair of Bhupathi and India's Sania Mirza defeated British pair of Colin Fleming and Sarah Borwell in straight sets by 7-6 (4), 6-4 in the second round of Wimbledon championship on Saturday.

Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy pair has entered into men's double quarterfinals of the French Open.

Paes-Dlouphy duo defeated Julien Benneteau and Nicolas Mahut in straight sets by 7-6(3) 6-3 today in French Open.

Last Paes-Dlouphy lost in pre-quarterfinal of French Open bur this time both the players played brilliantly and made their way to quarter-finals.

In the first set Julien Benneteau and Nicolas Mahut showed good resistance and set went tie breaker but Paes-Dlouphy came back strongly to win the set by 7-6.

Leander Paes and his partner Cara Black, 2nd seed, have entered into second round of mixed doubles of the French Open.

 Paes-Black defeated Virginie Razzano and Jeff Coetzee in straight set by 6-3, 6-3.

Paes-Black duo wasted three break points and also dropped their serve once, but they did not give any chance to unseeded pair of Virginie Razzano and Jeff Coetzee and won match in style.

Indian tennis star Leander Paes has been nominated as vice-president of the Bengal Tennis Association (BTA).

The decision was taken at the 67th Annual General Meeting of the BTA held at the BTA complex in Kolkata.

"Leander has shown keen interest for the development of tennis in the state. So, we have included him in the BTA top management keeping in mind the interest of the game," said BTA secretary Hironmoy Chatterjee.

Chatterjee was re-elected to the post this time also.

Sushil Mehrotra was elected the president.