Dlouhy, Paes beat Moodie, Norman to win French Open men’s doubles title

September 13th, 2009 NEW YORK - India's Leander Paes and his Czech partner Lukas Dlouhy came back from a set down to win the US Open men's doubles title, their second Grand Slam title of the year. The fourth-seeded pair of Paes and Dlouhy won 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 over the third-seeded pair of India's Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles of Bahamas at Flushing Meadows here Sunday.

September 11th, 2009 New York, Sept 11 (IBNS)Wildcard entries American Travis Parrott and Carly Gullickson beat India's Leander Paes and Zimbabwe’s Cara Black 2-6, 4-6 in the mixed doubles final of the US Open tennis tournament here on Thursday. Defending champions Paes and Black hardly put up a fight and lost in just over an hour.

September 11th, 2009 NEW YORK - Irrespective of who wins or loses, India will triumph as two of its tennis stars-Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes-face each other in the US Open men's doubles final on Friday evening. Paes will partner Lukas Dlouhy of the Czech Republic, while Bhupathi, will partner Mark Knowles of the Bahamas.

September 9th, 2009 NEW YORK - India's Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy of the Czech Republic upset top seeds American brothers Bob and Mike 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(8) to storm into the finals of men's doubles in the US Open tennis tournament here Wednesday. Fourth seeds Paes and Dlouhy, who had lost to the Bryans' in the semi-final here last year, held their nerves in the tense decider to pull off the thriller in an hour and 51 minutes.

September 8th, 2009 NEW YORK - Indians Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes are heading for a showdown in the mixed doubles final at the US Open tennis tournament as they are through to the semi-finals. The two have also entered the mens doubles quarter-finals at the Flushing Meadows here Monday.

September 8th, 2009 NEW YORK - India's Leander Paes and his Czech partner Lucas Dlouhy moved into the semi-finals of the men's doubles event of US Open tennis here Tuesday. Paes and Dlouhy, seeded fourth, fought hard for a 6-3, 5-7 and 6-4 win over the seventh seeded pair of South African Wesley Moodie and Dick Norman of Belarus in an encounter that lasted a little more than two hours at the Louis Armstrong Stadium.

July 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Leander Paes stayed in the sixth place while Mahesh Bhupathi gained one spot to eighth in the Association of Tennis Professional (ATP) doubles rankings released Monday. French Open champions Paes and Czech Republic's Lukas Dlouhy had a disastrous Wimbledon outing, stunned by American James Blake and Mardy Fish in the first round.

June 25th, 2009 LONDON - French Open winners Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy of the Czech Republic crashed out of the Wimbledon tennis championships, overpowered by American James Blake and Mardy Fish 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 in a sensational first-round men's doubles match here Thursday. Third seeded Paes and Dlouhy were drowned in a sea of errors to lose in an hour and 49 minutes.

June 6th, 2009 Paes, Dlouhy win French Open men's doubles titlePARIS — Leander Paes was in the right place, though it sure looked like it was at the wrong time. Standing in position near the net in the third game of the men's doubles final at the French Open, Paes got hit right between the eyes by a volley and fell to his knees on the red clay.

June 6th, 2009 PARIS - India's Leander Paes and Czech Lukas Dlouhy rallied from a set down to overpower South African Wesley Moodie and Belgian Dick Norman to clinch the French Open doubles title at Roland Garros here Saturday for their first Grand Slam together. Third-seeded Paes and Dlouhy won 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 to triumph in an hour and 40 minutes.

June 4th, 2009 PARIS - India's Leander Paes and his Czech partner Lukas Dlouhy knocked out top seeded Canadian-Serbian pair of Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic in straight sets to enter men's doubles final at the French Open here Thursday. The third seeded Indo-Czech duo took one hour and 48 minutes to down their fancied rivals, winning two tie-breaks, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5) in the semi-final.

June 1st, 2009 PARIS - India's Leander Paes and Czech Lukas Dlouhy entered the French Open tennis doubles semi-final with a 6-2, 7-6(5) win over Bruno Soares of Brazil and Zimbabwean Kevin Ullyett here Monday. The third-seeded Indo-Czech pair broke the fifth-seeded pair of Soares and Ullyett thrice to close the match in 88 minutes.

May 30th, 2009 PARIS - Mahesh Bhupathi and his Bahamian partner Mark Knowles entered the third round while Leander Paes and Czech Lukas Dlouhy booked a place among the last eight in the French Open tennis doubles here Saturday. The fourth-seeded pair of Bhupathi and Knowles were stretched to three sets by Swede Johan Brunstrom and Dutch Jean-Julien Rojer before winning 7-5, 6-7(4), 7-6(3) in nearly two and a half hours.

May 30th, 2009 PARIS - India's Leander Paes and and his Czech partner Lukas Dlouhy stormed into the French Open doubles quarter-final with a 7-6(4), 6-3, win over Frenchmen Julien Benneteau and Nicolas Mahut here Saturday. With the games going with the serve, the first set went into a tie-breaker which was clinched by the third-seeded Paes and Dlouhy.

May 28th, 2009 PARIS - India's Leander Paes and Czech Lukas Dlouhy advanced to the doubles second round of French Open tennis with a 6-1, 6-3 win over France's Sebastien De Chaunac and Benoit Paire at Roland Garros here. Third-seeded Paes and Dlouhy outplayed their opponent in the first set, closing it out in just 20 minutes with three break of serves.