PAES and DAMM make Masters cut

Mumbai: Indian tennis ace LEANDER PAES and his Czech partner MARTIN DAMM have made the cut for the season-ending Masters Cup doubles, a prestigious event featuring the top-eight teams on the ATP Tour, beginning in Shanghai November 11. This will be the pair’s second consecutive appearance in the Masters Cup. They lost the semis last year to Jonas Bjorkman and Max Mirnyi in three sets.

Status quo for Indians
All the top Indian players clung on to their positions in the latest WTA and ATP ranking lists released on Monday. While SANIA MIRZA maintained her 32^nd position, Sunitha Rao did not see any change in her rank of 182^nd on the WTA singles ranking chart.

In doubles too, Sania and Sunitha stuck to their spots at 19^th and 152^nd respectively. Tara lyer conceded 12 positions to be 371^st in singles rankings. Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi also had their ranking intact at 17^th respectively.