Leander Paes given a befitting farewell at Bengaluru Open
February 16, 2020 20:16 ISTLeander Paes played his last ATP event on Indian soil on Saturday and was given a rousing farewell at the KSLTA Stadium in Bengaluru.
Leander Paes played his last ATP event on Indian soil on Saturday and was given a rousing farewell at the KSLTA Stadium in Bengaluru.
Eighth-ranked Bertens stumbled in the second set but recovered to win her semifinal 6-1, 4-6, 6-1 against Ekaterina Alexandrova on Saturday.
Paes, who is playing his final year of professional tennis, and his Australian partner Ebden were no match for their rivals, losing 0-6 3-6 in the summit clash that lasted just 56 minutes.
Indian tennis legend Leander Paes doubled their joy by reaching the title round along with his partner Matthew Abden.
The third-seeded Kvitova had been due to play Ekaterina Alexandrova in the quarterfinals. Kvitova said the unspecified illness had bothered her during Thursday's three-set win over Alison van Uytvanck.
Jordan Thompson pulled off a major upset as he beat John Isner 6-7, 7-6, 6-3 in the second round of New York Open.
The Indo-Canadian pair registered a 6-2, 3-6, 10-7 victory in 74 minutes on Thursday night to enter the last four of the ATP 500 event.
As Paes walked into the stadium for his warm-up, minutes before his first-round doubles match, the spectators were on their feet, cheering the 18-time Grand Slam winner and Olympic medallist.
The Indo-Canadian pair defeated Peers-Venus 7-6, 6-7, 10-8 in an extremely gripping encounter at the ATP 500 event.
Kevin Anderson lost to Jason Jung 7-6, 6-4 on his return to the New York Open.
In a re-match of the 2018 edition, Mukund Sasikumar sent Slovenian Blaz Kavcic home with a comeback 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 win to advance to the pre-quarterfinals
Sania Mirza lost 26 kg post-pregnancy and shared an inspiring post on her social media profile.
Although the event suffered a mild set back with the withdrawal of the top seed Ricardas Berankis owing to medical reasons, the field still boasts of good players.
After Serena Williams was defeated for the first time in a Fed Cup singles match, it was left to Sofia Kenin and Bethanie Mattek-Sands to get the United States into the Fed Cup Finals.
The Asia/Oceania Group I matches were originally scheduled to be played from February 4-8.
Nick was set to make his first appearance in the tournament on Long Island but announced Saturday that his shoulder had flared up and that he was unable to play.
Williams improved to 14-0 in Fed Cup singles matches, defeating Jelena Ostapenko in straight sets to give the United States a 2-0 lead over Latvia.
Roger Federer got the better of Rafael Nadal 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 in a three-set exhibition match in Cape Town, South Africa on Friday.
In order to develop tennis in the country, India great Leander Paes said that the sport needs to have people like Rahul Dravid and Pullela Gopichand, who have helped in producing young talent in their respective sports after retiring
Prajnesh Gunneswaran's campaign at the Maharashtra Open ended in the pre-quarterfinals with a straight-set loss to Korea's Kwan Soon-woo.
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