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  Best Davis Cup comeback win for me: Paes

  Tennis | September 14, 2014 0:00 IST

  Bangalore: Veteran Indian tennis star Leander Paes today said that the dramatic victory he pulled off along with partner Rohan Bopanna against formidable Serbians was the best comeback effort of his Davis Cup career.Paes and

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  Davis Cup: Paes-Bopanna magic keeps India alive as hosts pull one back

  Tennis | September 13, 2014 23:35 IST

  Bangalore: Leander Paes yet again turned the clock back in company of Rohan Bopanna as the Indian duo recorded a dramatic come-from-behind 1-6 6-7(4) 6-3 6-3 8-6 win over Serbian pair of Nenad Zimonjic and

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  Davis Cup: Serbia takes day one honours, take 2-0 lead against India

  Tennis | September 12, 2014 21:06 IST

  Bangalore: Even a second-string Serbia proved a mighty opponent as Yuki Bhambri and Somdev Devvarman suffered crushing singles defeats to leave India trailing 0-2 on the opening day of the Davis Cup World Group play-off

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  Sania has a change of heart, decides to play in Asian Games

  Tennis | September 12, 2014 19:33 IST

  Bangalore: In a significant development, Sania Mirza has agreed to play in the upcoming Asian Games; two days after AITA announced that they would allow top players to miss the Incheon event, keeping in mind

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  Bopanna is open to playing with Paes at Rio

  Tennis | September 12, 2014 16:48 IST

  Bangalore:  India's doubles star Rohan Bopanna says the bitterness that had developed between him and Leander Paes in the build-up to the 2012 London Games is “long gone and over” and he was not averse

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  Serbia expects to beat India even without Djokovic, says Obradovic

  Tennis | September 11, 2014 23:41 IST

  BANGALORE: Even without Novak Djokovic on the court, Serbia captain Bogdan Obradovic is expecting a win when his team plays India in the Davis Cup playoffs.   Djokovic opted out of the best-of-five series due to

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  It was a question of bread and butter:Leander on missing Asiad

  Tennis | September 11, 2014 10:31 IST

  Bangalore :Their commitment to country questioned after a pullout from the Asian Games, India's top tennis players today tried to put their decision in perspective by saying that they had an obligation to earn their

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  India have a good chance in Davis Cup: Paes

  Tennis | September 10, 2014 19:46 IST

  Bangalore: India's most experienced tennis player Leander Paes believes that India have a good chance to beat a depleted Serbia in the Davis Cup World Group play-off tie commencing here Friday while reiterating that the

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  Hockey India blasts sports ministry's 'double standards'

  Hockey | September 10, 2014 19:32 IST

  New Delhi: Strange are the ways of the sports ministry. Tennis stars Leander Paes, Rohan Bopanna and Sania Mirza, who have decided to skip the Asian Games, figure in the contingent cleared by the sports

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  Bopanna, Sania, Paes to skip Asian Games

  Tennis | September 11, 2014 7:31 IST

  Bangalore: The All India Tennis Association today allowed Leander Paes, Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna to skip the Asian Games for ATP and WTA events with the players saying that they had an obligation to

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  Leander Paes confirmed for Davis Cup tie against Serbia: Anand Amritraj

  Tennis | September 07, 2014 17:48 IST

  New Delhi: Veteran star Leander Paes is set to combine with Rohan Bopanna for the doubles rubber during the Davis Cup tie against Serbia, Indian captain Anand Amritraj confirmed today but he says nothing has

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  US Open: Sania in mixed doubles semis, Paes out

  Tennis | September 02, 2014 22:11 IST

  NEW YORK: Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza stormed into the mixed doubles semifinals besides reaching the doubles quarterfinals, but compatriot Leander Paes exited the US Open with unexpected defeats in both his events.Top seeds Sania

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  Bopanna-Qureshi suffer first round defeat in US Open

  Tennis | August 27, 2014 11:51 IST

  New York:  India's Rohan Bopanna and his Pakistani partner Aisam Qureshi suffered a first round defeat in the men's doubles of the US Open tennis here at the Flushing Meadows.Bopanna and Qureshi, who were seeded

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  Leander Paes-Stepanek knocked out from Cincinnati Masters

  Tennis | August 14, 2014 16:04 IST

  Cincinnati: Fifth seeds Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek were eliminated from the ATP Cincinnati Masters following their defeat against Vasek Pospisil and Jack Sock. Paes and Stepanek lost 1-6 6-4 8-10 in the men double's

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  Somdev to spearhead Davis Cup campaign against Serbia

  Tennis | August 14, 2014 7:27 IST

  New Delhi: In the absence of Leander Paes, Somdev Devvarman will be spearheading the Indian campaign in the crucial Davis Cup World Group play-off against 2013 finalists Serbia in Bangalore Sep 12-14.The All India Tennis

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  Paes, Sania to lead Indian challenge at Asian Games

  Other Sports | August 02, 2014 20:53 IST

  New Delhi: Indian selectors reposed faith in Leander Paes as the 40-year-old veteran was on Saturday included in the Asian Games squad along with established stars Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna. The selection committee announced

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  Leander Paes denies allegations by Rhea Pillai

  Tennis | May 12, 2014 19:19 IST

  New Delhi:  Indian tennis veteran Leander Paes today denied allegations made by his partner Rhea Pillai, with whom he is locked in a custody battle for their daughter Aiyana, and made it clear that he

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  Leander Paes : The latest sportsperson to be awarded Padma Bhushan

  Tennis | April 27, 2014 7:17 IST

  New Dellhi:  Leander Paes and tennis are synonymous in India.The  forty year old war horse who made India proud in 1996 Atlanta Olympics by winning a bronze medal has been awarded with the third highest

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  Paes-Stepanek out of India Wells

  Tennis | March 13, 2014 13:20 IST

  Indian Wells (California): The fourth seeded pair of India's Leander Paes and Czech Radek Stepanek was beaten by the unseeded Swiss duo of Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka in the quarter-finals of the men's doubles

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  Australian Open results on Monday, Sania, Bopanna, Paes win

  Tennis | January 20, 2014 17:34 IST

  Melbourne: Results Monday from the Australian Open at Melbourne Park (seedings in parentheses):Men's Singles Fourth Round Rafael Nadal (1), Spain, def. Kei Nishikori (16), Japan, 7-6 (3), 7-5, 7-6 (3).Andy Murray (4), Britain, def. Stephane