Archive for category: Leander Paes
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Bryan Bros to play Paes/Stepanek for 2012 US Open title
Bob and Mike Bryan move into 2012 US Open men’s doubles final in two straight sets. They will play Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek for the title, who advanced after their Spanish rivals retired. London Olympics gold medalists Bryans have made yet another step towards conquering the 2012 US Open [...] -
Paes/Stepanek and Granollers/Lopez enter 2012 US Open semis
Granollers/Lopez and Stepanek/Paes pairs eased into 2012 US Open men’s doubles semis in straight sets. Sixth seeds Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez of Spain eliminated Austrian-Brazilian combination Alexander Peya and Bruno Soares. A late break in the first set and an early one in the set two were enough to [...] -
Djokovic eliminated in Olympic doubles, Tsonga past the first round
Eight-seeded Serbs Djokovic and Troicki suffered a two-set loss against Swedish couple Brunstrom/Lindstedt in the first round of men’s doubles Olympic tournament. The Swedes won the first set in a tie-break, and the second one was decided after the Serbs gave away their serve for the only time in the [...] -
Paes/Stepanek beat Bryan Brothers in Australian Open final
The Bryan Brothers have been denied their 12th Grand Slam title as they lost to Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek in the 2012 Australian Open final 7-6 (1) 6-2. Had Mike Bryan and Bob Bryan won the final, they would have overtaken Mark Woodforde and Todd Woodbridge, who have 11 [...] -
Bryan Brothers to play Paes/Stepanek in aussie final
Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan moved to the 2012 Australian Open final as they defeated Swede Robert Lindstedt and Horia Tecau of Romania in a hard fought match 4-6 6-3 7-6(5). They had to save a matchpoint at 5-6 in the third set, but Bob held his serve and all [...] -
Mirnyi/Nestor against Paes/Stepanek in aussie semifinals
Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor booked their place in the Australian Open semifinals with a win over Santiago Gonzalez of Mexico and Christopher Kas of Germany, beating them6-1 6-7(4) 6-2. They haven’t faced a single break point on their serve, and despite losing the second set in a tiebreak, they [...] -
Paes/Tipsarevic rule at the Chennai Open
Leander Paes and Janko Tipsarevic won the 2012 Aircel Chennai Open title, beating Andy Ram and Jonathan Erlich 6-4 6-4 in the final. Their victory came only a few hours after Janko Tipsarevic lost the singles final against Milos Raonic in a three hour battle. “I had a very hard [...] -
Mirnyi-Nestor against Llodra-Zimonjic in Shanghai final
The Canadian-Belarussian pair Daniel Nestor and Max Mirnyi reached the Shanghai Masters final after they defeated the Indians Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi 6-1, 6-4 in the semis. The Indians were not able to convert any break points and although the second set was a lot tighter than the first, [...] -
Bhupathi-Paes qualify for Barclays ATP World Tour Finals
The world no.1 pair Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes secured themselves a place at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London as they moved into the Shanghai Masters SFs. The Indian duo defeated Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil and Ivan Dodig of Croatia 6-3, 6-4. -
Bryan Brothers to play Llodra/Zimonjic in China Open QFs
World no.1 pair Mike and Bob Bryan cruised through their second round match at the China Open as they overpowered the Germany Florian Mayer and Czech Tomas Berdych 6-0, 6-3. They will next play third seed Michael Llodra of France and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia. Other 2nd round results: [...] -
Bhupathi-Paes through to second round at the China Open
Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes won their first round match at the China Open, defeating Chinese Mao-Xin Gong and Zhe Li 6-2, 3-6, 10-3. After the easy first set the for the Indians, the Chinese came back to the cheers of applause of the crowd to take the second set. [...]
