Nottingham: India’s tennis hero Leander Paes has added yet another milestone to his terrific career, which is full of achievements, as the veteran pro has now played with 100 different partners on the ATP circuit.
When Paes took court with Marcel Granollers at the Aegon Open in Nottingham, yesterday, the Spaniard was his 100th partner. They reached the quarterfinals after eking out a 3-6 6-2 11-9 win over Treat Huey and Scott Lipsky.
Paes has been most successful with estranged partner Mahesh Bhuapthi with whom he won three of his eight men’s doubles Grand Slam titles.
He won two each with Radek Stepanek and Lukas Dlouhy and one with Martin Damm, all of whom incidentally are from Czech Republic.
Paes is the 47th player to reach a century of doubles.
