Like all sportsmen, India tennis ace Leander Paes hates to lose. That's why moments after winning the Heineken Open men's doubles title in Auckland on Saturday with his South African partner Raven Klaasen, he immediately recalled his recent defeat in the final of the Chennai Open.


Leander Paes celebrates after winning his doubles final yesterday 

On January 10, Paes-Klaasen lost 3-6, 6-7 (4) in the Chennai final to Yen-Hsun Lu and Jonathan Marray. "I was very upset after losing in Chennai… I was in my seventh final there and previously I had never lost in a final there.