Mumbai: India's tennis star Leander Paes says his Wimbledon performance is the perfect platform to serve up success at Olympics.
After a successful Wimbledon, India tennis ace Leander Paes cant wait to be back at the same venue for the London Olympics tennis events that kick off on July 27.
Ive had a great time at Wimbledon. Radek (Stepanek) and myself lost narrowly in the third round of the mens doubles to Ivan (Dodig) and Marcelo (Melo) after a tough five-setter (6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 7-6, 6-8) in a match that was played over two days and interrupted 11 times due to bad weather, Paes told MiD DAY from California on where he is currently leading the Washington Kastles in the World Team Tennis.
Wimbledon has come on the back of a fine season for the 39-year-old, who rose to World No 5 in the latest July ATP rankings. Paes won three ATP doubles titles in 2012 (Australian Open, Miami and Chennai). He and Russian Elena Vesnina also ended runners-up at the Australian Open and Wimbledon mixed doubles events. The recent defeat to Mike Bryan and Lisa Raymond (3-6, 7-5, 4-6) at Wimbledon still hurts him. ...
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