Leander Paes, Purav Raja reach semi-finals of St. Petersburg Open
Tennis | September 22, 2017 19:42 ISTThe Indian duo will now clash with Chilean J. Peralta and Argentinian H. Zeballos in the semi-finals of the tournament.
The Indian duo will now clash with Chilean J. Peralta and Argentinian H. Zeballos in the semi-finals of the tournament.
Paes and Raja converted four of the 10 break points they earned and saved three of the five break points they faced on their serves. Paes and Raja converted four of the 10 break points they earned and saved three of the five break points they faced o
Paes hailed the duo for having transformed their careers.
The 44-year-old veteran tennis star is presently languishing at the 62nd spot in world rankings, which is something he is eager to improve.
Paes and Raja, who joined forces recently, were knocked out of the men's doubles following a close 4-6 6-7(7) defeat.
Veteran Paes and Raja thrashed Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic and Viktor Troicki 6-1, 6-3 at the Flushing Meadows.
Leander Paes and Alexander Zverev fought hard before losing 6-2, 6(2)-7, 6-10 to their Spanish rivals in a closely-fought contest.
Both Bhambri, who recently beat world number 22 Gael Monfils, and Saketh Myneni had missed the Uzbekistan tie due to their respective injuries.
Vardhan and Matsui saved three of the four breakpoints they faced in the summit clash, which lasted one hour and 44 minutes. The win got Vardhan the biggest title triumph of his career.
The Chennai Open will now be held in Pune next year and would be henceforth called "Maharashtra Open".
Indians had a good day at the All England Club as Sania Mirza, Rohan Bopanna, and Purav Raja won their respective matches in doubles categories to advance to the second round of Wimbledon 2017.
Bopanna and Cuevas were off to a poor start, conceding the first set before staging a strong comeback to win the next two sets.
The Supreme Court on Monday asked Paes to exhibit sporting spirit in real life also to bring the three-year-long legal battle to an end in an out-of-court settlement.
Davis Cup captain Mahesh Bhupathi should have shown "respect" to Leander Paes by clearly telling him that he was not going to be a part of the playing squad before his arrival for the tie against Uzbekistan, the AITA said today.
Mahesh Bhupathi on Sunday said he had no "personal agenda" in keeping Leander Paes out of the Indian Davis Cup team and said his former partner's decision to leave Bangalore mid-way into the tie was a final nail in the coffin.
India’s non-playing captain Mahesh Bhupathi on Tuesday selected four singles players in the squad for the Davis Cup tie against Uzbekistan, dropping veteran Leander Paes and his doubles partner Rohan Bopanna to the reserves.
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