cara black was leander paes partner in the mixed doubles at the us open in 2008.
who was leander paes partner in the mixed doubles at the us open in 2008?
cara black
the williams sisters defeated russians alisa kleybanova and ekaterina makarova in three sets and qualified for the final. the mixed doubles final saw americans carly gullickson and travis parrott claim the title in straight sets over zimbabwe's cara black and indian leander paes.





















































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bullet::::- men's singles: marin čilić





















































bullet::::- women's doubles: alisa kleybanova / ekaterina makarova





















































bullet::::- mixed doubles: cara black / leander paes





















































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section::::day-by-day summaries.:day 12 (september 11).





















































all the matches that should have been played this day were postponed due to the continued rain.





















































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section::::day-by-day summaries.:day 13 (september 12).
2009 us open (tennis)
between 2003 and the present, paes has increasingly focused on his doubles and mixed doubles game. leander won the mixed doubles events at the australian open and wimbledon with martina navratilova, both in 2003. weeks after the win at wimbledon, paes was admitted to the md anderson cancer center for a suspected brain tumour that was later found to be neurocysticercosis, a parasitic brain infection. while being treated, he had to miss the us open, but he recovered by the end of that year. in the 2004 athens olympic games, he paired up with bhupathi, failing again at the semifinals stage. his next grand slam success was in the us open doubles event in 2006 with martin damm. paes led the indian tennis team at the doha asian games in 2006 and won two golds in the men's doubles (partnering bhupathi) and mixed doubles (partnering sania mirza). paes maintained his doubles ranking in the top 20 in the world between 2005 and 2007. with wins in the rotterdam and indian wells, paes took his doubles tally to 38.
leander paes