Leander Paes slips to 101 in ATP doubles ranking
This was the first time that the tennis star dropped out of top-100 bracket in 19 years.
This was the first time that the tennis star dropped out of top-100 bracket in 19 years.
Veteran Indian tennis star Leander Paes and his compatriot Purav Raja crashed out of the men’s doubles competition at the…
Paes at 44 and Raja at 32 are the oldest pair in the tournament.
Paes and Raja dispatched the pair of Nikoloz Basilashvili and Andreas Haider-Maurer 6-2 6-3 in their opening round.
Sharan will now compete in two home events -- KPIT Challenger in Pune and the Bangaore Open.
Paes and Raja next face the Russian combo of Karen Khachanov and Andrey Rublev.
Sania Mirza advanced to the third round of both the women's and mixed doubles events.
Purav Raja and Divij Sharan put up a brave fight but fell short against Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram.
The Indian duo won 7-6 (7-2) 3-6 6-4 7-6 (8-6) in little over three hours.
Indians defeated the fourth seeded Mexican-Kiwi combination 6-4 6-4 in the summit clash.
