Moments after winning the US Open men's doubles trophy as his 10th Grand Slam title, Indian ace Leander Paes said he wasn't sure if he would be able to play the final as he was carrying a sore shoulder.
Paes had injured his elbow ten days back while playing mixed doubles in the tournament but the ace Indian overcame the pain and combined with Czech Lukas Dlouhy to outlast Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles of Bahamas 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 in the men's doubles final on Monday.
"I'm a little numb at the moment, because it's just been a mammoth effort over the past two weeks. But when I woke up I didn't know if I could get through the match, there was so much pain. I've been carrying a really, really sore shoulder," said the Indian.
"Every time I touched the ball there was so much pain that I didn't believe that I could actually go through the match and finish. But I knew it was my job to endure the pain and be steady," he said.
Monday, September 14, 2009
Wasn't sure whether I would play in final: Paes
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Serena Williams serves threat at US Open match
Serena Williams walked toward the line judge, screaming, cursing and shaking a ball in the official's direction, threatening to "shove it down" her throat.
On match point in the US Open semifinals Saturday night, defending champion Williams was penalized a point for unsportsmanlike conduct--a bizarre, ugly finish that gave a 6-4, 7-5 upset victory to unseeded, unranked Kim Clijsters.
The match featured plenty of powerful groundstrokes and lengthy exchanges. No one will remember a single shot that was struck, though, because of the unusual, dramatic way it ended.
With Williams serving at 5-6, 15-30 in the second set, she faulted on her first serve. On the second serve, a line judge called a foot fault, making it a double-fault--a call rarely, if ever, seen at that stage of any match, let alone the semifinals of a Grand Slam tournament.
That made the score 15-40, putting Clijsters one point from victory.
Instead of stepping to the baseline to serve again, Williams went over and shouted and cursed at the line judge, pointing at her and thrusting the ball toward her.
"If I could, I would take this ... ball and shove it down your ... throat," Williams said.
She continued yelling at the line judge, and went back over, shaking her racket in the official's direction.
Asked in her postmatch news conference what she said to the line judge, Williams wouldn't say, replying, "What did I say? You didn't hear?"
"I've never been in a fight in my whole life, so I don't know why she would have felt threatened," Williams said with a smile.
Friday, July 10, 2009
Sania all set to shed her singledom status
Sania Mirza's days of singledom come to an end on Friday night with the Indian tennis ace all set to get engaged to childhood friend Sohrab Mirza in a private ceremony here.
Sohrab is an MBA student and son of a city-based businessman.
The 22-year-old Sania and Sohrab (23) will exchange rings at 8.30pm at a posh city hotel on Friday night.
With two cupid-struck youth creating nuisance outside Sania's Banjara Hills residence in the last two days, the city police have made tight security arrangements to ward off any trouble at the function.
The Mirza family have gone to great lengths to keep the function a private affair, away from media glare.
"This is a private affair and we request the media to cooperate with us," Sania's father Imran Mirza told mediapersons who gathered outside their residence.
Sohrab is pursuing MBA in Britain and his father owns a chain of bakeries in the city.
The groom's family, who migrated from Iran many years ago, lives in Anand Nagar in the heart of the city.
Imran Mirza had earlier said that Sania would pursue the game after her engagement. The wedding would take place a couple of years later.
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Terror group threatens attack on OlympicsTerror group threatens attack on Olympics
WASHINGTON: A group calling itself the Turkistan Islamic Party released a video threatening the Beijing Olympic Games and claiming responsibility for recent deadly explosions on two Chinese buses, a terrorism monitoring firm has said.
IntelCenter, a US-based terrorism monitoring firm, said the group had released a video entitled "Our Blessed Jihad in Yunnan," featuring a statement by the group's leader, Commander Seyfullah, threatening next month's Olympics. "Despite the Turkistan Islamic Party's repeated warnings to China and international community about stopping the 29th Olympics in Beijing, the Chinese have haughtily ignored our warnings," IntelCenter quoted Seyfullah as saying.
"The Turkistan Islamic Party volunteers who had gone through special preparations have started urgent actions."
Seyfullah said the group bombed two public buses in Shanghai on May 5 and "took action against police" in Wenzhou on July 17 with a tractor loaded with explosives.
The group also bombed a plastic factory in Guangzhou on July 17 and bombed three public buses in Yunnan on July 21, according to IntelCenter.
The bus explosions killed at least two people and injured 14 in the southwestern city of Kunming on Monday amid a security clampdown ahead of the Olympics.
The official Xinhua news agency had blamed the blasts on "sabotage" and was seeking to find out who was responsible.
"The Turkistan Islamic Party warns China one more time," Seyfullah said, according to the IntelCenter transcript. "Our aim is to target the most critical points related to the Olympics. We will try to attack Chinese central cities severely using the tactics that have never been employed."
Courtesy:timesofindia.com
Complete artical HERE
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Kapil relents, PCA assures to put his poster back
Chandigarh: The relationship between Kapil Dev and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) seems to have touched a new low after the former India skipper's poster was removed from the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium in Mohali.
An upset Kapil, the captain of the 1983 team, wants his cricketing memorabilia back, just a week before India celebrates the 25th anniversary of its 1983 World Cup win.
In an e-mail to the PCA, Kapil said that if the Association plans to throw his gifts and memorabilia or finds it's difficult to preserve, then they can return it to him as he is emotionally attached to those items.
However, PCA Media Manager GS Walia said Kapil's poster was damaged and would be back on the PCA wall soon.
"Kapil's poster has not been removed. The frame of the poster was broken by the winds. His poster should be on the wall again in two-three days time," Walia said.
Kapil confirmed that the PCA has assured him that his poster will be put back on the Mohali Stadium as the previous one had been damaged.
"Yes! I have received a mail back from MP Pandove, in which they have explained the situation regarding the poster's removal and have said they will be replacing it shortly. I have no issues with the PCA. I had only said, going by media reports, if they do not want to preserve the memorabilia, then they should return it back to me. It's not a question of being offensive or defensive. I think there are no issues," Kapil replied.
Courtesy:ibnlive.com
Complete artical HERE
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
IPL team ropes in Hrithik
The actor is figuring in a promotional video campaign to muster support for the team through a Hindi song Duniya Hila Denge Hum (Let's rock the world)".
The franchisee also announced the ticket prices for the first two matches that the team plays at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai and D Y Patil Stadium in Nerul, Navi Mumbai, on April 20 and 27 respectively.
Courtesy:screenindia.com
Complete artical HERE
sports minister M S Gill on Monday opposed the idea of inviting politicians and filmstars
Gill, who feels the occasion should be exclusively for sportspersons, wants former athletes with distinguished careers and budding sportspersons to be invited to carry the torch.
"It's their moment and VIPS, ministers, politicians or people from the entertainment industry have little right to carry the torch. It belongs to sportspersons," Gill told TOI.
Such attractions from politics and the entertainment industry have been used in different countries to gather crowds but purists have always frowned upon the idea. On using glamorous add-ons, purists express their grouse that while they pull in crowds, they turn attention away from the real purpose by putting the spotlight on themselves.
On the Indian Olympic Association's offer to participate in the torch relay, Gill said he had politely refused. "I do not think I should participate in the run. It is an exclusive right of sportspersons," he said.
Gill clarified that he would participate in the event as the country's sports minister. "I will be there as sports minister either at the starting point or at the finishing line of the torch relay," he said.
Courtesy:timesofindia.com
Complete artical HERE
Friday, April 11, 2008
Maria Sharapova pulled out of Dubai Championship
Sharapova said Tuesday she has been battling a virus for several days and that it has ``reached a point where I'm unable to compete.''
The fifth-ranked Sharapova, who won this year's Australian Open and last week's Qatar Open, was scheduled to start the tournament Tuesday against Hungary's Agnes Szavay.
Courtesy:aol.in
Complete artical HERE
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
IOA invites Rahul Gandhi to carry Olympic torch
The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has invited Congress MP Rahul Gandhi to carry the Olympic torch during its relay in Delhi on April 17.
IOA President Suresh Kalmadi, who is attending a meeting of the International Olympic Committee’s executive board in Beijing, told CNN-IBN he has written a letter to a “number of young MPs” and would personally invite them to carry the torch when he returns to India.
“Yes, I have written a letter to him (Rahul Gandhi) but I am yet to meet him personally and invite him. I have also invited a number of young MPs, including Jyotiraditya Scindia, Jitin Prasada and Sachin Pilot. I have to yet meet them personally,” said Kalmadi.
“I have been talking to a lot of people here in Beijing. All the (national Olympic) committees of the world are here and they look up to India to revive the spirit of the torch. I have told them that if there is any dissent that can be in a non-violent manner. It’s not a Chinese torch relay but of the International Olympic Committee,” he said.
Fearing trouble from Tibetan protestors, the IOA has already shortened the route of the Olympic torch relay. The original 8-9 km run from Red Fort to India Gate has been shortened to 2-3 km.
Courtesy:ibnlive.com
Complete artical HERE
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Sharapova lifts Australian Open
Russian fifth seed Maria Sharapova won the Australian Open final against fourth seed Ana Ivanovic of Serbia 7-5, 6-3 on Saturday, claiming her third Grand Slam title.
Sharapova, a losing finalist here last year, adds the Australian title to the Wimbledon crown she won in 2004 and her 2006 US Open.
Ivanovic battled gamely but Sharapova's powerful serve ultimately proved the difference in a 35 Celsius (95 Fahrenheit) cauldron at the Rod Laver Arena, winning in one hour 31 minutes.
A flurry of unforced errors, 33 to Sharapova's 15, did not help Ivanovic's cause and the partisan 15,000-strong crowd was unable to cheer her to victory in the decider.
The Serb showed no sign of the nerves that crippled her in the French Open final last year and drew first blood as the pair, both 20, probed for weaknesses in the opening game, blasting an ace as Sharapova netted two returns.
But the pumped-up Russian held Ivanovic to love her first four service games, running Ivanovic around with blistering ground-strokes and not hesitating to attack the net and leave her opponent with nowhere to go.
She seized a break in the fifth game as Ivanovic put too much power on her forehand, spraying her returns wide.
The Serb's radar finally kicked in and she scored her first point off Sharapova's serve in the fifth game after 22 minutes, going on to break back after Sharapova double faulted twice.
Sharapova recovered to break Ivanovic again three games later, then served out the set after 49 minutes.
Courtesy:deccanherald.com
Complete artical HERE
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Chess wizard Anand is sportsman of the year
Nothing sells in this country like cricket, whether the team is losing or winning. It is the envy of all other sports, and the object of many funny and unfunny put-downs. The most recent one came from Vishwanathan Anand.
In his moment of glory, after becoming the undisputed world champion in September 2007, he wondered if he would get an equally delirious reception homecoming as the Twenty20 world champions. He didn’t. There was no ticker-tape parade, nor a public reception at a stadium full of frenzied fans. What he did get instead was a round of quiet receptions – by the President and others. But here is another piece of good news for him. Even people and the jury of the Indian of Year awards – instituted by CNN-IBN in partnership with the Hindustan Times – have preferred him to the cricketers.
Anand is the choice of the voters and the jury as the nominee from the sports category for the Indian of the Year award. You may want to know who the other contenders were: Captain and the vice-captain of the Twenty20 team M S Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh and the comeback king Sourav Ganguly (sweet revenge?), tennis player Sania Mirza and golfer Jyoti Randhawa.
Here is what jury member Geet Sethi said about the world chess champion: “Vishy has been around for almost 20 years and persevered to come to the zenith of his profession. He has won the world title in 2007…he has displayed great sportsman ship and great Indianess.”
Anand now joins finance minister P Chidambaram, SBI chairman O P Bhatt and Chak De’s director Shimit Amin and scriptwriter Jaideep Sahni as contenders for the Indian of the Year award from the categories of politics, business and entertainment respectively. The winners of the remaining two categories – public service and NRIs – will be announced over the next two days.
These nominees have been elected/selected by votes sent through sms or online and a jury comprising six eminent Indians – lawyer Soli Sorabjee (he is the chairman of the jury), HDFC chairman Deepak Parekh, actor Mohanlal Viswanathan Nair, Hindustan Times Media Limited vice-chairperson and editorial director Shobhana Bhartia, billiards champion Geet Sethi, Infosys co-chairman Nandan Nilekani and former police officer Kiran Bedi.Nothing sells in this country like cricket, whether the team is losing or winning. It is the envy of all other sports, and the object of many funny and unfunny put-downs. The most recent one came from Vishwanathan Anand.
In his moment of glory, after becoming the undisputed world champion in September 2007, he wondered if he would get an equally delirious reception homecoming as the Twenty20 world champions. He didn’t. There was no ticker-tape parade, nor a public reception at a stadium full of frenzied fans. What he did get instead was a round of quiet receptions – by the President and others. But here is another piece of good news for him. Even people and the jury of the Indian of Year awards – instituted by CNN-IBN in partnership with the Hindustan Times – have preferred him to the cricketers.
Anand is the choice of the voters and the jury as the nominee from the sports category for the Indian of the Year award. You may want to know who the other contenders were: Captain and the vice-captain of the Twenty20 team M S Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh and the comeback king Sourav Ganguly (sweet revenge?), tennis player Sania Mirza and golfer Jyoti Randhawa.
Here is what jury member Geet Sethi said about the world chess champion: “Vishy has been around for almost 20 years and persevered to come to the zenith of his profession. He has won the world title in 2007…he has displayed great sportsman ship and great Indianess.”
Anand now joins finance minister P Chidambaram, SBI chairman O P Bhatt and Chak De’s director Shimit Amin and scriptwriter Jaideep Sahni as contenders for the Indian of the Year award from the categories of politics, business and entertainment respectively. The winners of the remaining two categories – public service and NRIs – will be announced over the next two days.
These nominees have been elected/selected by votes sent through sms or online and a jury comprising six eminent Indians – lawyer Soli Sorabjee (he is the chairman of the jury), HDFC chairman Deepak Parekh, actor Mohanlal Viswanathan Nair, Hindustan Times Media Limited vice-chairperson and editorial director Shobhana Bhartia, billiards champion Geet Sethi, Infosys co-chairman Nandan Nilekani and former police officer Kiran Bedi.
Courtesy:hindustantimes.com
Complete artical HERE
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Sania considered quitting before Australian Open
Tired of being dragged into various off-court controversies time and again, Sania Mirza on Tuesday disclosed that she considered quitting tennis last week.
The world number 31 from India, often in the eye of storm, said she found it tough to deal with question marks on her loyalty towards the country after being photographed at the Hopman Cup in Perth with her bare feet positioned near Indian national flag and was charged for "disrespecting" the tricolour.
"It's not easy to deal with things like that off the court. I am not a superhuman so it does affect me. As much as I try to block it out, it's still in the back of your mind... A lot of thoughts went through my head in the past couple of weeks, and one of the thoughts was (quitting)," said the player who was also criticised by the orthodox Muslim clergy for her short skirts and T-shirts.
"But I wouldn't say that they were serious enough that I would quit right now... (But) it was very tricky to play again, I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to blank out everything and play a tennis match," she said after defeating Uzbekistan's Iroda Tulyaganova 6-4 6-2 in the first round of the season's first Grand Slam.
Courtesy:hindustantimes.com
Complete artical HERE
Sania Mirza advances to Australian Open second round
Sania Mirza sailed past Uzbekistan's Iroda Tulyaganova in straight sets to advance to the second round of the Australian Open in Melbourne on Tuesday.
The 31 seeded Indian beat Tulyaganova 6-4 6-2 and will now take on the winner of the match between Australian Sophie Ferguson and Swiss Timea Bacsinszky.
The 21-year-old, who has been battling injuries and off-court controversies, was rusty to start with as she wasted a couple of break points and committed 11 unforced errors in the opener.
But Tulyaganova's patchy form worked to Sania's advantage and the Indian wrested the first set after a 40-minute seesaw battle.
Sania then showed some fine form in the second set, cutting down on her unforced errors besides breaking Tulyaganova twice.
Sania also did well to hold her serve and did not give away a single break point, outplaying Tulyaganova in just 29 minutes to advance to the second round of the season's first Grand Slam
Courtesy:expressindia.com
Complete artical HERE
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
ICC appoints Hansen to hear Harbhajan appeal
New Zealand High Court judge John Hansen has been appointed as commissioner to hear India spinner Harbhajan Singh's code of conduct appeal, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Wednesday.
Off-spinner Harbhajan was handed a three-test ban for allegedly racially abusing Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds during the second test in Sydney that ended in an acrimonious defeat for the touring Indians.
The Indian board appealed against match referee Mike Procter's decision after Harbhajan pleaded not guilty to the charge and initially suspended their tour of Australia.
Harbhajan has been allowed to continue playing pending the verdict of the appeal.
"No time, date or venue for the appeal have yet been fixed," the ICC said in a statement.
"The process indicates that the appeal should be heard within seven days of the commissioner being appointed.
Courtesy:economictimes.com
Complete artical HERE
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Procter defends Harbhajan ban, says 'it’s fair'
Mike Procter, the International Cricket Council referee, defended as "fair" his decision to ban Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh for alleged racial abuse of Andrew Symonds saying, as a "South African" he understood the word 'racism'."
Procter also refuted suggestions that India's expected appeal of the Harbhajan suspension - and subsequent threats to abandon the series if it is upheld - was tantamount to a gun to the head of the ICC.
He also labelled the past day "one of the most difficult of my life" and vowed to continue officiating the remaining two Tests in the India-Australia cricket series.
"I am South African, and I understand the word 'racism'," Procter, who played during the apartheid era, told the Sydney Morning Herald.
"I have lived with it for much of my life. This was not a case of just taking the word of an Australian over an Indian. I stand by my decision. I believe the process was a fair one. I intend to carry on for the rest of the series, because I don't have a problem with India. I have always had a good rapport with Indian players.
"People are entitled to appeals. The hearing was not heated at all. It was very sound, and it took a lot of time."
"Obviously this has all been very difficult for me. I didn't get to sleep until 11 am, and then only for a couple of hours. It has been one of the most difficult days of my life."
Procter was uncertain of when the Harbhajan appeal would be held, but said a hearing into Brad Hogg's behaviour - levelled by the Indians, apparently in retaliation for Australia's complaint against Harbhajan - would be held in Perth on January 13 or 14.
Courtesy:expressindia.com
Complete artical HERE
Monday, January 7, 2008
Indian team not to leave Sydney, will file appeal
The Indian cricket team has delayed its departure to Canberra in order to file an appeal against Harbhajan Singh's three Test ban on an alleged racial abuse against the Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds.
"There is a lot of paperwork required and we need to be proper in our appeal hence we are delaying our departure to Sydney," said media manager MV Sridhar from the team hotel this morning.
Indian team was scheduled to leave by bus at 10.30 am local time for Canberra where they were to play a three-day game against Australian Cricketers' Territory (ACT) Invitational XI beginning on Thursday.
The team management sources have confirmed that there is no threat to the tour being disrupted at the moment though.
"We would leave for Canberra as soon as we are through with the process (of appeal)," stated Sridhar.
Courtesy:expressindia.com
Complete artical HERE
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
India's 10 Chak De moment
The Year 2007 made every Indian sports fan experience every possible emotion. From joy to despair to anger, the past year had it all for us.
But what it will be remembered for the most, is the new anthem for the world of Indian sports, thanks to a movie that was based on our national sport, and has now attained cult status.
So, we thought it fitting to start our special look back at sports in 2007 with the top 10 Chak De moments for Indian sport.
10. Anup Sridhar's badminton win
Anup Sridhar smashed his way into the quarterfinals of the world badminton championships and into NDTV's top ten. His dream run included wins over the current Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat and a former All-England champion Muhammad Hafiz Hashim.
9. Jyoti Randhawa: Best in Indian golf
The Jyoti flame burned bright in 2007, not only did Randhawa win the Indian Open title for a third time. He also had seven top 10 finishes on the European tour.
8. Sania Mirza's best year
She made waves in 2007, Sania Mirza reached one final, three semis and three quarters in singles. No wonder, she called this her best year ever. The titles though came from doubles. She won four tournaments with four different partners.
7. Narain Karthikeyan: Fastest ever
Zooming in at number seven is Narain Karthikeyan, the fastest Indian on wheels won his first A-1 GP race. Now he is looking to complete some unfinished business in Formual 1.
6. India-England series: Prized moment
The test series win in England was certainly India's most prized moment in the longer version of the game in recent times.
5. Sourav Ganguly: The comeback hero
It was the mother of all comebacks, Sourav Ganguly making 2007 his own by scoring more than a 1000 test runs.
The city of joy had more to celebrate with Dola Banerjee becoming the first Indian to win a gold at the archery World Cup.
4. Hockey: Courtesy Kabir Khan
The Chak De theme would have been incomplete without a win from hockey. The men's team did their bit by winning the Asia Cup, a great turnaround given the debacle at the Asian games.
3. Sunil Chhetri: Football figure
Sunil Chettri was the Indian footballer of the year for his role in helping India win the Nehru Cup for the first time. It may have been a small tournament but it was a big day for Indian football, our best international showing in more than three decades.
2. Viswanathan Anand and Ivana Furtado
The two chess champions, Viswanathan Anand and Ivana Furtado, the 8-year-old only allowed a few draws because she felt bad for her opponents.
1. Yuvraj's six fireworks
Yuvraj did not stand in front of a truck but he did steam-roll the opposition. His six sixes in an over in the 20-20 world cup is the stuff of legend. The six sixes performance of Yuvi came en route to India winning the title - the country's first silverware in the international arena since the 1983 world cup win that certainly made choosing our number one Chak De moment an absolute no-brainer.
Courtesy:ndtv.com
Complete artical HERE
Monday, December 24, 2007
BCCI officials off to Australia to settle tax problem
A BCCI team, including tax consultant P B Srinivasan, is flying to Australia to resolve the Indian players' tax problem on the current tour.
The other members of the team include the Board treasurer N Srinivasan and secretary Niranjan Shah.
"I am leaving for Australia tonight and will be joined there by Mr Srinivasan and our tax consultant P B Srinivasan. We will discuss the issue of tax asked to be paid by our players with Cricket Australia officials and we are confident the matter will be sorted out, BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah told PTI today.
The problem has arisen due to the recent change in tax laws in Australia which make it mandatory for the visiting sportspersons to pay tax on money earned in the country.
The Indian players would be earning match fees for playing Tests and ODIs during the ongoing tour and according to media reports the tax burden collectively would be around $ 1.5 million.
The officials have been asked to deal with the problem by BCCI chief Sharad Pawar, who has also asked them to utilise the visit to honour Sourav Ganguly who is set to join the short list of 100-Test Indian club members when he turns out in the opening Test against Australia starting at the MCG on December 26.
Ganguly will be presented with a silver salver by the board, Shah said, adding he would also take the opportunity to discuss the Australians tour to India for a full-Test return series for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy with the CA officials.
The Australians are set to visit India in October, 2008 to play a four-Test rubber, having already taken part in a seven-match ODI series earlier this season.
Meanwhile, a meeting of the BCCIs Tours Programmes and Fixtures Committee has been convened in Mumbai on January 2, 2008 to finalise the tour schedule of South Africa when they visit India early next year.
Courtesy:thehindu.com
Complete artical HERE
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Anand wants Kasparov to come out of retirementAnand wants Kasparov to come out of retirement
World champion Viswanathan Anand wants Garry Kasparov to come back from retirement so that he can play one more game against the Russian Super Grand Master.
"I've not played Kasparov for a long time. I want to play him one more time. If he changes his mind and comes back from retirement, I will be happy," Anand told newspersons.
Anand said he was now focussing on doing well in the Corus Chess championship at Wijk Aan Zee in Netherlands from 11-27 January. He has won the Corus crown a record five times.
On his motivation to stay in the game after having conquered all frontiers in chess, Anand said,
"I want to become world champion again.
The two-time world champion had won his first at Tehran in 2000 and the second at Mexico City in September this year.
Anand said he would continue with the game as long as he enjoyed it.
"When I play top rated meets, I don't feel that much pressure. It's basically fun and as long as it is this way, I will continue," he said here on Tuesday.
India had a good talent pool in chess with the crop of young GMs like P Harikrishna, Sandipan Chanda and Surya Sekhar Ganguly doing well, he said.
Courtesy:ibnlive.com
Complete artical HERE
Eyes Olympic gold with Paes:Bhupathi
India's leading tennis players seem to have buried the hatchet for the moment.
After publicly stating that he would not play with Leander Paes again after the Doha Asiad,
Mahesh Bhupathi has done a U-turn.
Bhupathi told CNN-IBN that he is in fact willing to play with Leander at the Beijing Olympics.
He says that as of now the only option he has is of playing with Leander as they are the only doubles pair in India who are medal prospects.
Leander, though, has been unavailable for comment.
The duo, also known as the 'Indian Express' last played in Doha where they won the gold medal
Courtesy:ibnlive.com
Complete artical HERE
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