India's Leander Paes moved up two places to be at sixth position in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) men's doubles rankings announced Monday.
Riding on his sizzling performance in the Japan Open, Leander Paes is once again knocking the doors of the top-five zone as he gained two spots to be placed sixth in the ATP doubles World Rankings.
Teenage prodigy Yuki Bhambri could be the next big thing in Indian tennis. The 16-year-old from Delhi recently helped the Indian junior team reach the semifinals of the Davis cup.
Serbias Jelena Jankovic celebrated her imminent return to the top of the world rankings with an easy 6-4 6-3 victory over Nadia Petrova in the Stuttgart Grand Prix final.
New world number one Jelena Jankovic defeated Nadia Petrova 6-4,6-3 in the final of the Porsche Grand Prix Sunday to make it two titles in a fortnight.
Indias Leander Paes and Czech Lukas Dlouhy were denied back-to-back title wins by Russian Mikhail Youzhny and German Mischa Zverev, who tamed the top seeds 6-3,6-4,to win their second ATP event.
India's Leander Paes and Czech Lukas Dlouhy outlasted American Robert Kendrick and Jarkko Nieminen of Finland in the AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships here on Saturday.
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