By IANS,
Chennai : Leander Paes will partner World No.9 and the highest ranked singles player in the main draw Serbian Janko Tipsarevic in the Aircel Chennai Open to be held here Jan 2-8.
Paes, ranked No.8 in doubles along with long-time partner Mahesh Bhupathi (7), had won the 2011 title when the two came together after a lapse of nine years. The two announced their split again after the ATP World Tour Finals in November.
Bhupathi will partner fellow-Davis Cupper Rohan Bopanna (10) as part of the preparations for the 2012 London Olympics.
Tipsarevic was a semi-finalist in the 2011 edition won by Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka. The Serbian is equally adept in doubles play with a world ranking of 85. He was a doubles finalist in the 2010 Chennai Open and a semi-finalist in 2011.
All the three top Indian doubles players had qualified for the World Tour Finals in London, with Bhupathi and Paes making it to the semi-finals.
Bopanna and his erstwhile partner Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi (Pakistan) had lost in the quarter-finals of the 2011 Chennai Open.