Leander Paes and Sania Mirza will lead India's campaign in both the
individual and team tennis competitions of the Asian Games to be held
in Doha in December.
Paes, who last played a singles match as Davis Cup captain against
Pakistan in Mumbai in April, will be joined by Mahesh Bhupathi, Rohan
Bopanna, Harsh Mankad, Karan Rastogi and Prakash Amritraj in the
individual men's event.
Mankad, who was not available for Davis Cup duties this year, has
been chosen ahead of Amritraj by virtue of his better ATP Tour ranking
in team event alongside Paes, Bhupathi and Bopanna.
Amritraj and Rastogi are in the reserves.
In the doubles, Paes will pair with former Grand Slam partner
Bhupathi while Amritraj will take the court alongside Bopanna,
according to the team announced by All India Tennis Association here on
Wednesday.
The women's team will be represented by, Sania Mirza, Shikha Uberoi,
Ankita Bhambri, Isha Lakhani, Rushmi Chakravarthy and Sandya Nagraj in
the individual competition.
Source: PTI
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