Indian Tennis Players in Olympic Games 2008
Indian tennis queen Sania Mirza is assured of a large fan following in Beijing .
Mirza, India’s highest ranked women’s tennis player ever, would rather be remembered for her tenacity on court despite being a youth icon in her country more for her good looks than her game.
This time Indian tennis squad will be represented by Sania Mirza and world famous duo of Leander Paes – Mahesh Bhupatahi. Mirza, India’s female tennis sensation will participate in singles as well as doubles with her partner Sunitha Rao. After suffering from injury for a long time Mirza has recently made a come back.
Leander Paes who won the medal for the country 12 years ago is also optimistic for the medal this time in company of Bhupatahi. Once the world’s No one double pair, Paes – Bhupathi have won three grand slam titles together and they also ruled over world tennis for couple of years. Paes – Bupatahi’s cold war turned into a nightmare for Indian tennis.
Paes and Bhupatahi got ready to play together for India in Beijing Olympics. Both these players have lots of potential, so we can hope medal in tennis for India. Besides, female tennis players Mirza and Rao too have the caliber to win medal.
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