Bangalore: Somdev Devvarman, who led the players' revolt against AITA, on Sunday said veterans Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupahti have provided useful ideas for the betterment of Indian tennis but only time will tell if those ideas will work. Paes, who was the only top player to not side with the rebel players, surprisingly joined the newly-formed Indian Tennis Players Association as one of the vice presidents.
Somdev said all players including Paes are on the same page on the issues, raised by IPTA. "I had a good chat with Lee (Paes). He has already planned new things which is encouraging. I even talked to Hesh (Mahesh Bhupathi) and he has already got six ideas. I am trying to be a part of them. Will this work out or not, time alone will tell," Somdev said after leading India to a 5-0 whitewash of Indonesia in the Davis Cup tie.
About his role in ITPA, Somdev said he plans to improve things for all tennis players including those who have hung their boots. "I have been fortunate enough that the game has given me some respect. Therefore I have the responsibility to do things the right way. Why not try. Honestly, I am going to put my efforts in and also do whatever I can to give back," he said.
Somdev said he was working hard to get back to the top-100 bracket even though the job was not easy. "I want to be among top 100
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Bangalore: Former Davis Cupper Jaideep Mukherjea was on Saturday appointed president of the newly-formed Indian Tennis Players Association (ITPA) while Leander Paes was surprisingly named as one of three vice presidents. The ITPA had its first meeting here and chose Mahesh Bhupathi and Somdev Devvarman as the other vice presidents. Karti Chidambaram, AITA vice president, will be the secretary of the association, Mukherjea announced. Other members of ITPA are Rohan...
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London: Brig P K Muralidharan Raja was on Thursday named as the acting Chef de Mission of the Indian contingent for the London Olympic Games because of indisposition of incumbent Ajitpal Singh. Raja, who was the Deputy Chef de Mission, was asked to function as the acting Chef de Mission since Singh could not come to London because of severe spondylitis. "Raja has been asked to act as acting Chef...
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New Delhi: The owner of the building in a East Delhi locality which collapsed killing 67 people was on Tuesday night arrested and booked for culpable homicide not amounting to murder. The builder, 55-year-old Amritpal Singh, who was on the run since Monday night after the four-storeyed building came crashing down, was arrested from his relative's house in Geeta Colony in east Delhi around 7 pm, Additional Deputy Commissioner of...
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The victim's maternal aunts have accused mother Rajbir Kaur of plotting to kill her daughter. ...
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