Leander Paes has won 54 tour-level doubles titles, including 13 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 crowns, during his historic career. But the 44-year-old Indian still has one more Masters 1000 title to go to complete the Career Golden Masters. In this latest installment of “My Masters 1000”, Paes talks with ATPWorldTour.com about that missing title, his favourite Masters 1000 event and which ATP World Tour stars he'd face in his dream Masters 1000 doubles match. Which Masters 100 host city is your favourite and why? Monte-Carlo, just for the view right on the Mediterranean, the clay courts there cut into the mountains, and when you sit up at the top at the players’ lounge and you look down on the...
They were the odd couple of the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati: a 20-year-old singles star, Alexander Zverev, who's already won five titles this year, and a 44-year-old doubles legend, Leander Paes, who's captured 54 doubles titles. The enticing partnership, which played on a packed Court 11, fell short on Tuesday, but they treated fans to a memorable match during their doubles debut. Paes/Zverev fell to Feliciano Lopez and Marc Lopez 2-6, 7-6(2), 10-6. “I know him quite well. He's a good guy. Unfortunately we lost today but it was fun playing with him,” Zverev said of Paes. The right-hander said doubles can improve his singles game. “The serve and return helps. You get used to the conditions a...
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At this week’s prestigious $150,000 ATP Challenger Tour event in Irving, U.S.A., the elite competitors in the singles draw garnered a lot of attention. A multitude of #NextGenATP players joined a red-hot Nikoloz Basilashvili, Jeremy Chardy and former champions Marcel Granollers, Aljaz Bedene and Lukas Rosol to create one of the strongest fields of the year. But players and fans around the Four Seasons Resort and Sports Club are quick point out that the doubles draw is just as ruthless, with the level of competition akin to an ATP World Tour event. In fact, at No. 134 in the Emirates ATP Doubles Rankings it boasts the highest cut at any Challenger since 2010. Former Top 10 stalwarts Leander Paes, Rohan...