Mahesh Bhupathi’s entrepreneurial venture Globosport was under fire from the All India Tennis Association or the AITA last week. Globosport and Reliance were both organising tennis tournaments this year but both fell through allegedly because of lack of sponsorship. The AITA says it now wants all international tournaments to come through them and not through other promoters and Bhupathi surprisingly says he has no problem with that stipulation even though it’s detrimental to his business.

New Delhi: Carrying the hopes of a billion people is a ‘privilege’ for Sania Mirza and the Hyderabadi tennis ace vows to give everything it needs to bring home an individual Olympic medal, a feat only four Indians have managed since independence.

Not many may remember that Leander Paes came close to winning a bronze in doubles in his 1992 debut Olympic Games in Barcelona before he won a singles bronze at the next Games in Atlanta.

NEW DELHI, April 14: A wrist surgery may have forced Sania Mirza out of action for a month but the Indian tennis ace has still managed to gain a spot in the WTA Rankings, rising to the 30th position in the latest list issued on Monday.

New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) India’s Leander Paes has dropped four points to 24th position while compatriot and former doubles partner Mahesh Bhupathi has retained his position at 13th spot in the Association Tennis Professional (ATP) men’s doubles ranking issued Monday. Another Indian Rohan Bopanna has climbed up one rung to 55th position.