New Delhi: CNN-IBN's Associate Editor (sports), Digvijay Singh Deo got hold of the email sent from Rohan Bopanna and Mahesh Bhupathi to Anil Khanna, the All-India Tennis Association president dated March 9, 2012, in which the tennis pair requested that they should be nominated for the 2012 London Olympics in the doubles category. Below is the full text of the email. Attn: Anil Khanna Secretary, All India Tennis Association March...
01:48 PM, Sep 19, 2012
Kolkata: The All India Tennis Association on Tuesday slammed veteran tennis player Mahesh Bhupathi for threatening to drag AITA to the court and said he was free to take legal action. AITA senior executive committee member Hiranmoy Chatterjee said that Bhupathi was banned from playing for the country till June 2004 under the rules provided in the constitution of the governing body. "We took the decision after a meeting of...
10:37 PM, Sep 18, 2012
New Delhi: CNN-IBN's Associate Editor (sports), Digvijay Singh Deo got hold of the e-mail correspondence between the All-India Tennis Association and Rohan Bopanna, Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes on June 17-18, 2012. Below is the full text of the email chain, reproduced without change, starting chronological order (latest on top, earliest below page). The first email was sent from Bharat Oza, the AITA executive vice-president and secretary-general, to Bopanna on...
09:17 PM, Sep 18, 2012
Mumbai: In the twilight of his international career, 12-time Indian Grand Slam winner Mahesh Bhupathi on Tuesday said that he had probably played his "last" match for the country. At loggerheads with the All India Tennis Association (AITA) for a while, Bhupathi was last week slapped a two-year ban by the game's governing body. "Unfortunately the reality of the situation is anyway I have played my last match for India,"...
06:49 PM, Sep 18, 2012
Clearly perturbed by the two-year ban given to him and his doubles partner Rohan Bopanna from representing the country, Indian tennis player Mahesh Bhupathi on Tuesday lashed out at the All India Tennis Association (AITA). Bhupathi, in a media interaction, termed the tennis body as "detrimental for the Indian tennis". "It has been a roadblock in developing Indian tennis," Bhupathi said. "Over 80% members of the exec committee have sat...
03:00 PM, Sep 18, 2012
Mumbai: Veteran tennis star Mahesh Bhupathi on Monday threatened to drag AITA to the court for ousting him from India's Davis Cup squad along with Rohan Bopanna, saying he was exploring if the national federation's move was legal. All India Tennis Association (AITA) had banned Bhupathi and Bopanna from representing the country till June 30, 2014 on disciplinary grounds. AITA had taken the decision hours after India's young Davis Cup...
07:51 PM, Sep 17, 2012
Chandigarh: Insisting that it had not imposed a ban on Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna, the All India Tennis Association (AITA) on Sunday said that by sidelining the duo, it was sending out a message that indiscipline will not be tolerated at any cost. The AITA decided at its executive committee meeting that the two players, who refused to play with Leander Paes at the London Olympics, will not be...
05:11 PM, Sep 16, 2012
New Delhi: Indian tennis stars Mahesh bhupathi and Rohan Boppanna have been banned for two years. Reports says they will not be eligible for selection to represent the country in any capacity over the next two years. Earlier, All India Tennis Association (AITA) said that it would stick to the young Indian side and wouldn't include Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna in the Davis Cup squad until the country moves...
12:12 AM, Sep 16, 2012
New Delhi: Faced with a problem of plenty, India's Davis Cup coach Nandan Bal said doubles combination for the Davis Cup tie against New Zealand would be decided on the basis of players' fitness level and weather conditions. In the squad of six, five play doubles quite well and in the absence of the battle-hardened pair of Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes, it would be quite a task to pick...
01:22 PM, Sep 12, 2012
New York: Sania Mirza entered the mixed doubles second round with a new partner, but the Mahesh Bhupathi-Rohan Bopanna combo made a shock first-round exit from the men's doubles event of the US Open here. Sania ended her successful partnership with Bhupahti in the mixed doubles circuit after being "sacrificed" by the veteran in the infamous Olympic selection row in July. And the Hyderabadi made a freash start with Englishman...
11:56 AM, Aug 30, 2012
New Delhi: Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi have decided to split as a pair, ending the speculation over their future as a mixed doubles team following the bitter selection row ahead of the London Olympics. The two players are playing with different partners at the US Open as Sania has teamed up with British doubles specialist Colin Fleming while Bhupathi is playing with Czech Andrea Hlavackova at the last Grand...
08:00 PM, Aug 29, 2012
Cincinnati: Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna had to be content with a runners-up finish at the ATP Cincinnati Masters as they lost the summit clash in straight sets to Sweden's Robert Lindstedt and Romania's Horia Tecau, here. The sixth seed Indian pair lost 4-6 4-6 to the fourth seeded rival team in the summit clash of the USD 2,825,280 hard court event, last night. Bhupathi and Bopanna were playing their...
03:05 PM, Aug 20, 2012
Cincinnati: Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna, who were on Saturday omitted from India's Davis Cup team, have reached the semi-finals of the ATP Cincinnati Masters with a hard-earned win over third seeds Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski. The sixth seed Indian pair recorded a 6-4, 3-6, 10-8 win over the Polish pair in the quarter-finals of the USD 2,825,280 hard court event. They are up against Croatia's Ivan Dodig and...
08:47 PM, Aug 18, 2012
New Delhi: Sending out a strong message that indiscipline will not be tolerated, the AITA on Saturday dropped Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna from the the Davis Cup team for the upcoming tie against New Zealand and blooded youngsters to prepare the side for the future. Veteran Leander Paes and singles exponent Somdev Devvarman were not considered after they made themselves unavailable for the tie, scheduled for September 14-16 in...
03:45 PM, Aug 18, 2012
Montreal/Toronto: India's Sania Mirza and Leander Paes have moved into the quarter-finals with their respective partners whereas their compatriots Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna lost their pre-quarterfinal match at the Rogers Cup tennis doubles. Sania and her American partner Bethanie Mattek-Sands beat Slovak duo Dominika Cibulkova and Daniela Hantochova 6-2, 6-3, in an hour and nine minutes on Friday. Both the sets ran more or less on similar lines as...
02:29 AM, Aug 11, 2012
London: Having lost the second round match of the men's doubles event at the London Games, Mahesh Bhupathi's long-cherished dream of winning an Olympic medal will remain unfulfilled as he would not be a part of the next edition of the sporting spectacle in Rio de Janeiro. "I'll be supporting Rohan from the stands. I will definitely not be playing in Rio," said Bhupathi after he along with his partner...
03:20 PM, Aug 01, 2012
London: Rifle shooter Gagan Narang opened the medal count for India at the London Olympics by winning a bronze on Monday, and hopes for more laurels were still alive with Indian stars doing well in badminton and tennis. Badminton star Saina Nehwal got the better of Belgian Lianne Tan to enter the women's singles pre-quarterfinals while the doubles pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and Jwala Gutta stayed in the competition with...
11:22 AM, Jul 31, 2012
London: Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna staved off stiff resistance from Max Mirnyi and Alexander Bury before advancing to the men's doubles pre-quarterfinals at the London Olympics. The seventh seed Indian pair, who were in news for challenging AITA diktat, recorded a hard-earned 7-6 (4) 6-7 (4) 8-6 win over the Belarusian pair in the marathon first round match, which lasted for two hours and 26 minutes. They will now...
10:17 PM, Jul 30, 2012
London: The Indian men's doubles pairs will have to wait before taking the tennis court at the Wimbledon as their first round match of the London Olympics were postponed due to rain here on Sunday. Leander Paes and Vishnu Vardhan were set to take on Dutch pair Robin Hasse and Jean-Julien Rojer while Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna were pitted against Max Mirnyi and Alexander Bury of Belarus. India's men's...
10:46 PM, Jul 29, 2012
London: India's feuding tennis stars will seek to put the selection acrimony behind when they launch their Olympic campaign here Saturday, hoping to prove that their personal differences will not come in the way of bagging a medal for the country. The wranglings among players in the build up to the mega-event has raised serious doubts on whether they are in the right frame of mind to be able to...
03:07 PM, Jul 27, 2012
