With the other two having crashed out early, he is bound to be all the more motivated to push harder for his record-breaking eleventh mixed doubles title. From their point of view Indian tennis could scarce afford another public flare-up of hostilities. Read: With 10 slams, Leander Paes is the best man to play mixed doubles for IndiaNow, with All India Tennis Association president Anil Khanna also holding the top job in the Asian Tennis Federation Paes’ logic does find some solid mooring. Paes is still smarting from being denied a shot at the mixed medal at Rio. The regional exempt rule applied by the International Tennis Federation stipulates that if there is no entry from one of its six regional associations, then a pair from there will be given a chance.

Source: Hindustan Times July 06, 2016 06:22 UTC