PAES AND KLAASEN AMONG A THRONG OF NEW DOUBLES PAIRINGS FOR 2015, WHO IS MAX MIRNYI PLAYING WITH ?

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PAES AND KLAASEN AMONG A THRONG OF NEW DOUBLES PAIRINGS FOR 2015, WHO IS MAX MIRNYI PLAYING WITH ?

epa04488300 USA double partners Bob (L) and Mike Bryan receive the ATP trophy for the best doubles team of 2014 at the ATP World Tour Finals mens tennis tournament at the O2 Arena in London, Britain, 13 November 2014 . EPA/ANDY RAIN  |

Paes and Klaasen among a throng of new doubles pairings for 2015

 

By Ricky Dimon

 

One of the many reasons why Bob and Mike Bryan have been so dominant as a doubles duo is, of course, that they never split up. As their partnership remains a constant, other doubles players are consistently changing up their partners year in and year out. Next season will be no exception.

 

The Bryan Brothers will remain intact, obviously, as will fellow World Tour Finals participants Alexander Peya and Bruno Soares, Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez, Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo, and Jean-Julien Roger and Horia Tecau.

Bob (L) and Mike (R) Bryan of the US play Marcel Granollers of Spain and Marc Lopez of Spain play during the men’s doubles final round match on the fourteenth day of the 2014 US Open Tennis Championship at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York, USA, 07 September 2014. The US Open runs through 08 September, a 15-day schedule. EPA/CJ GUNTHER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As usual, however, there will be plenty of changes.

 

Leander Paes, who struggled with various partners (mainly Radek Stepanek) in 2014, will team up with Raven Klaasen at least for the beginning of next season. Klaasen will be Paes’ 99th partner and the legendary Indian player is already thinking about No. 100.

 

“Many players have expressed interest in being my 100th partner,” Paes said. “I’ve spoken to Novak Djokovic, also. He’s very keen. Let’s see who ultimately becomes my 100th partner.”

Leander Paes of India (R) and Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic (L) celebrate with the trophy after defeating Alexander Peya of Austria and Bruno Soares of Brazil in the men’s double’s final on the fourteenth day of the 2013 US Open Tennis Championship at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York, USA, 08 September 2013. The US Open runs through Monday 09 September, a 15-day schedule for the first time. EPA/JUSTIN LANE EPA/JUSTIN LANE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Klaasen is coming off a successful year with Eric Butorac, with whom the South African finished runner-up at the Australian Open to Lukasz Kubot and Robert Lindstedt. Butorac, who is head of the ATP Player Council, is linking with Sam Groth for 2015. Kubot will likely focus on singles, so Lindstedt is now partnering Marcin Matkowski.

 

That means the struggling Polish duo of Matkowski and Mariusz Fyrstenberg is no more. Fyrstenberg’s new teammate will be Santiago Gonzalez.

 

Other new pairings for 2015 are Rohan Bopanna and Daniel Nestor, Aisam Ul-Haq Qureshi and Nenad Zimonjic, Pablo Cuevas and David Marrero, Dominic Inglot and Florian Mergea, and Marin Draganja and Henri Kontinen. Zimonjic had been planning on playing with Michael Llodra, but Llodra is injured and expected to miss at least the first few months of next season.

 

On the women’s side, Lucie Hradecka and Andrea Hlavackova are back together after trying out new partners in 2014. The Czech duo has won two Grand Slam titles and also earned the silver medal at the 2012 London Olympics.

 

Ricky contributes to 10sballs.com and also maintains his own tennis website, The Grandstand.

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