Bopanna and Sania Mirza were picked for the mixed doubles while Sania will partner Prarthana Thombare in women's doubles. Doubles specialist Leander Paes' dreams of playing in a record seventh straight Olympics came true on Saturday after he was named with Rohan Bopanna as the Indian men's doubles team in Rio Olympics. Paes recently completed a career slam after winning the French Open mixed doubles along with Swiss great Martina Hingis at Roland Garros. "Sania will partner Thombare in the women's doubles event," Khanna said. 10 ranking in men's doubles, on Friday took everyone by surprise when he told AITA who he preferred as his men's doubles partner in Rio.

Source: India Today June 11, 2016 08:36 UTC