Leander Paes finishes second best in his last outing at home
Leander Paes in playing on the ATP Tour for one final time in 2020. (File Photo)Veteran Leander Paes’ final ATP Tour match on home soil ended on a disappointing note as he and his partner Matthew Ebden lost to Indian pair of Purav Raja and Ramkumar Ramanathan in the men’s doubles final of the Bengaluru Open here on Saturday.
Paes, who is playing his final year of professional tennis, and his Australian partner Ebden were no match for their rivals, losing 0-6 3-6 in the summit clash that lasted just 56 minutes.
Paes, 46, and Ebden had qualified for the final after beating third seeds Andre Goransson of Sweden and Indonesia’s Christopher Rungkat 7-5 0-6 10-7 in the semifinals.
Someone said to me “ imagine being in the final of your last tournament on home soil” I said – that would be the DREAM!! And I guess I get to live it today!! Finals of the @blropen with @matt_ebden .. Happy that whoever wins today, it’s a win for 🇮🇳 #OneLastRoar pic.twitter.com/0bJguUzLSX
— Leander Paes (@Leander) February 15, 2020
Raja and Ramanathan, on the other hand, entered the last-four round after Saketh Myneni and Matt Reid of Australia conceded the other semifinal contest.
India’s campaign in singles came to an end on Thursday after the likes of Prajnesh Gunneswarah, Sumit Nagal, Ramkumar Ramanathan, Saketh Myneni, Niki Poonacha and Sidhart Rawat — all crashed out.
After the defeat, an emotional Paes said he will miss the massive support from the home crowd.
“The fact that I’ve played my last match in India – it sunk in after the match when I was signing autographs. A young girl – must have been five or six years old – gave me a ‘One Last Roar’ t-shirt which was twice her size,” he said.
“She gave it to me and said, ‘Leander, can you sign this?’. She must have been about 40 years younger to me, and she wanted my autograph. It meant a lot to me, because she recognised the effort I have put into my career.
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“And when I signed the t-shirt and gave it to her, she turned around and said ‘Bye’. She said bye. That’s a great way to go,” Paes added.
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