Chennai , December 28: Indian tennis ace Leander Paes will be partnering Spaniard Marcel Granollers in the doubles . The 2015 edition saw Leander Paes and partner Raven Klaasen as runners-up, losing to eventual champions Yen-Hsun Lu and Jonathan Marray. The 2016 edition will see both players with different partners, and many other exciting player combinations and match-ups.
With a singles field that promises thrilling tennis, the doubles draw at the 20th edition of Aircel Chennai Open will see Leander Paes, Rajeev Ram, Benoit Paire and Borna Coric leading from the front.The top ten doubles pairings are:
- Raven Klaasen (RSA) / Rajeev Ram (USA)
- Marcel Granollers (ESP) / Leander Paes (IND)
- Austin Krajicek (USA) / Benoit Paire (FRA)
- Aliaksandr Bury (BLR) / Borna Coric (CRO)
- Oliver Marach (AUT) / Fabrice Martin (FRA)
- Marcus Daniell (NZL) / Artem Sitak (NZL)
- Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL) / Santiago Gonzalez (MEX)
- Aljaz Bedene, (GBR) / Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE)
- Philipp Oswald (AUT) / Adil Shamasdin (CAN)
- Lukas Rosol (CZE) / Igor Zelenay (SVK)
With the above doubles advance entries already in, four direct acceptances will be signed on-site and two pairs will be awarded wild cards to play in the 20th edition of India’s most prestigious international tennis
tournament. ACO 2016 will witness an exceptional line-up of top talent at the US$ 480,000 prize money tournament. Cutting off at 98, the impressive player field for the region’s most exciting and hard-fought tennis
tournament will see World No. 4 Stan Wawrinka vying for a hat-trick of titles, Chennai-debutant World No.
12 Kevin Anderson, World No. 19, ATP’s Comeback Player of the Year 2015 Benoit Paire, World No. 25
Roberto Bautista-Agut, along with Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Gilles Muller, Vasek Pospisil, Borna Coric, and
Aljaz Bedene representing nine players from amongst the top 50 in the world.