Five players from India qualified for the Wimbledon 2009. Between them, they have over 200 ATP and WTA titles, including an impressive 18 Grand Slam titles (see below for the list)
In Round III, the Indian squad is due to plat against each other. Paes will face his erstwhile doubles winning partner, Mahesh Bhupati, but this time on the opposite sides of the net. The story repeats in the mixed doubles as the Mirza/Bhupati pair is pitted against Black/Paes.
After taking out an Indian player in the 1st round of men's doubles, (Devrama), the Bhupati/Knowles pair took out the India-Pakistan pair of Amritraj/Qureshi in the 3r round of the men's doubles.
Ladies' Singles - Out in Round-2 : Sorana Cirstea def Mirza : 6-4 6-4
Ladies' Doubles w/ Chia-Jung Chuang -
Round I : beat Jill Craybas/Carly Gullickson : 6-4 6-2
Round II: lost to Alla Kudryavtseva/Monica Niculescu 6-3 6-2; that's a dismal score
Mixed Doubles w/ Mahesh Bhupati
Round I : BYE
Round II: beat Colin Fleming/Sarah Borwell : 7-6 6-4
Round III: lost to Leander Paes/Cara Black (irony :) 2-6 7-6 3-6
Mixed Doubles w/ Cara Black
Round I: BYE
Round II: beat Michal Mertinak/Mara Santangelo : Walkover
Round III: beat Mahesh Bhupati/Sania Mirza : 6-2 6-7 6-3
Quarters: beat Andre Sa/Ai Sugiyama : 6-3 6-3
SemiFinal: Stephen Huss/Virginia Ruano Pascual
Gentlemen's Doubles w/ Mark Knowles
Round I : Fought an early challange from Somdev Devvarman and Kevin Anderson to win in 4 sets, 6-7 6-4 7-5 7-5. Must've been some good play.
Round II: beat Philipp Petzschner/Alexander Peya : 6-3 7-5 6-7 6-3
Round III: beat Prakash Amritraj/Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi : 6-4 5-7 7-6 6-0
Quarters: lost to Wesley Moodie/Dick Norman : 6-7 6-4 6-7 7-5 4-6 ; that must've been a lively 5-setter.
Mixed Doubles w/ Sania Mirza
Round I: BYE
Round II: beat Colin Fleming/Sarah Borwell : 7-6 6-4
Round III: lost to Leander Paes/Cara Black (irony :) : 2-6 7-6 3-6
Gentlemen's Doubles w/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi
Round I: The Indo-Pak pair of Prakash Amritraj and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi stayed united against Stephen Huss and Ross Hutchins, to play out a 5-sets winning 6-4 6-7 6-4 3-6 6-3
Round II: beat Rameez Junaid/Philipp Marx : 7-5 6-4 6-7 6-7 8-6
Round III: lost to Mahesh Bhupati/Mark Knowles : 6-4 5-7 7-6 6-0
Gentlemen's Doubles w/ Kevin Anderson - Out in Round-1 : Mahesh Bhupati and Mark Knowles
For the record, here is the Grand Slam vicroty history for the Paes, Bhupati and Mirza:
2009 --- French Open ----- Mens' Doubles - Leander Paes / Lukáš Dlouhý
2009 --- Australian Open -- Mixed Doubles - Mahesh Bhupati / Sania Mirza
2008 --- U.S. Open -------- Mixed Doubles - Leander Paes / Cara Black
2006 --- Australian Open -- Mixed Doubles - Mahesh Bhupati / Martina Hingis
2006 --- U.S. Open -------- Mens' Doubles - Leander Paes / Martin Damm
2005 --- U.S. Open ------ Mixed Doubles - Mahesh Bhupati / D. Hantuchová
2005 --- Wimbledon ----- Mixed Doubles - Mahesh Bhupati / Mary Pierce
2003 --- Australian Open -- Mixed Doubles - Leander Paes / M. Navratilova
2003 --- Wimbledon ----- Mixed Doubles - Leander Paes / M. Navratilova
2002 --- Wimbledon ----- Mixed Doubles - Mahesh Bhupati / E. Likhovtseva
2002 --- U.S. Open ------ Mixed Doubles - Mahesh Bhupati / Max Mirnyi
2001 --- French Open ----- Mens' Doubles - Leander Paes / Mahesh Bhupathi
1999 --- French Open ------Mens' Doubles - Leander Paes / Mahesh Bhupathi
1999 --- Wimbledon ------- Mens' Doubles - Leander Paes / Mahesh Bhupathi
1999 --- Wimbledon ------- Mixed Doubles - Leander Paes / Lisa Raymond
1999 --- U.S. Open -------- Mixed Doubles - Mahesh Bhupati / Ai Sugiyama
1997 --- French Open ----- Mixed Doubles - Mahesh Bhupati / Rika Hiraki
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