Leander Paes thread...

[rajitghosh]

Leander should retire gracefully after the Davis Cup tie.

[jaydeep]

The next week Lee and Sa r playing at Montpellier tournament and facing German Zverev brothers.

At €540K Open Sud de France 2017, Montpellier, France

[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Andre Sa (BRA) vs Alexander Zverev (GER)/ Mischa Zverev (GER)

[sameerph]

Excellent article of Leander recounting some of his finest davis cup matches -

Chronicles of Leander Paes in davis cup

Some of those memories are sweet. To me the best I recall were his wins against Leconte and Boetsch on clay.

[PKBasu]

Wonderful stories!

[Florian Buechting]

The next week Lee and Sa r playing at Montpellier tournament and facing German Zverev brothers.

At €540K Open Sud de France 2017, Montpellier, France

[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Andre Sa (BRA) vs Alexander Zverev (GER)/ Mischa Zverev (GER)

Easy one... They were playing without pride for Germany at the weekend... Comparably harsh critics in German news

[Florian Buechting]

They seem to have withdrawn from France...

[PKBasu]

Sad! This was a very small draw, with good potential to pick up power points, which Leander desperately needs at this stage.

[sameerph]

Leander is playing in Mexico challenger and started with a close win.

At $75K(+H) Leon Challenger, Mexico

[R1] (3) PAES, Leander (IND) / SHAMASDIN, Adil (CAN) d. CHAPLIN, Jarryd (AUS) / KRAWIETZ, Kevin (GER) 64 36 10-8

Next,

[QF] (3) PAES, Leander (IND) / SHAMASDIN, Adil (CAN) vs. KOZLOV, Stefan (USA) / SIJSLING, Igor (NED)

[sameerph]

He is thru to the SF.

At $75K(+H) Leon Challenger, Mexico

[QF] (3) PAES, Leander (IND) / SHAMASDIN, Adil (CAN) d. KOZLOV, Stefan (USA) / SIJSLING, Igor (NED) 64 62

And they face the brutal team in the SF.

[SF] ](3) PAES, Leander (IND) / SHAMASDIN, Adil (CAN) vs. SAVILLE, Luke (AUS) / SMITH, John-Patrick (AUS)

[sameerph]

Leander and Adil are in the final.

At $75K(+H) Leon Challenger, Mexico

[SF] (3) PAES, Leander (IND) / SHAMASDIN, Adil (CAN) d. SAVILLE, Luke (AUS) / SMITH, John-Patrick (AUS) 67(1) 64 10-5

After losing the first set, our pair was a break down till the middle of second set. So, great comeback by them to prevail in the end.

[F] (3) PAES, Leander (IND) / SHAMASDIN, Adil (CAN) vs. MARGAROLI, Luca (SUI) / ZAMPIERI, Caio (BRA)

[PKBasu]

Great job to see Leander/Adil make the final. (Time to win, and then fly to Bengaluru, Leander!!)

[jaydeep]

Leander and Adil lifted the doubles title in the Lean challenger with a comfortable win over Swiss-Brazilian pair ... After longtime Lee is winning the title at any level, must be a very emotional win for him.

At $75K+H Leon Challenger, Mexico

Doubles Final
(3) Leander Paes (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) bt Luca Margaroli (SUI)/ Caio Zampieri (BRA) 61 64

[PKBasu]

Comfortable win in the final takes Leander to #55 in the doubles rankings.
Perfect prep for Davis Cup next week!

[prasen9]

He will not be picked. Look at who the non-playing captain is.

[jaydeep]

Lee is 2nd seed with Andre and they r facing little unknown pair in the first round.

At $100K Sarasota Challenger 2017, Bradenton, Florida, USA

[R1] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Andre Sa (BRA) vs Sergio Galdos (PER)/ Dennis Novikov (USA)