I become more than a fan, besides the tennis, he had the outlandish charm with the tennis hierarchy and media. "Bhupathi said why he was friends with Somdev, Rohan, Sania, Purav, Saketh was becauase they had mutual "RESPECT which they never got in any form from the other (Paes). ""I always try and treat people how I like to be treated and that's the basic way you treat colleagues. "In a clear warning, Bhupathi made it clear that if Paes does not like his ideas, he should not come in his way since he has backing of AITA. "....I enforced a gag order on the team so there would be none (drama), but he didn't adhere to that either.

Source: Times of India April 09, 2017 16:52 UTC