subject: Mahesh Bhupathi And Rohan-paying The Price [print this page] The tennis maestros Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna paid the price on Saturday for their rebellious act ahead of the London Olympics when they had created drama refusing to play with Leander Peas and insisted on being paired together for mens double event. Their challenge fell into quarterfinals as none of the Indian pair returned with a medal from the Games. It was an act of extreme indiscipline on the side of the duo which was highly unacceptable for the All India Tennis Association (AITA). To know more about the tussle buy news articles online.
AITA has sent out a very stern message to the players that any kind of indiscipline will not be tolerated and further it took the brave decision to leave out the senior pros and took a step forward in choosing the young players over them. It was a very bold step taken on the AITAs part against the two players who have mastered the game of tennis. It will be a new look of the Indian Tennis team comprising of the young players like Yuki Bhambri, Vishnu Vardhan, Saketh Myneni, Divij Sharan, Sanam Singh and N Sriram Balaji competing in the tie. The squad will be pruned to four before September 2, when the team will be notified to ITF.
The decision taken by the AITA came like a shock to the Indian team and was justified by the same as a matter that definitely yielded an axe today. All India Tennis Association was in a total fix at the time of the stubborn refusal of Bhupathi and the stand taken by Bopanna in the issue of teaming up with Paes at the crucial time of the ongoing Olympic Games. Bopanna refused to combine with Paes due to numerous reasons which he had presented in front of AITA but that had not eased the situation for the Indian Tennis Association. He had stated that he and Paes did not make a good pair and their partnership was unlikely to yield any result. To learn more about Bopannas refusal, buy online content.
His decision was difficult to comprehend but he had lots of reasons attached to it. A large number of followers and fans of tennis had their own opinions and suggestions regarding this whole scenario. After coming up with the decision of keeping the duo away from the Davis Cup, AITA said it was the time to build a team for the future. The best way to boost up the Indian team was to try on some juniors, the Association found it to be the right time to offer the youngsters the opportunity to test their skills and play on the national level. India will strive to stay in Asia/Oceania Group I when they play the Kiwis in Chandigarh. The loser of the play-off tie will be relegated to Group II. The last time India played New Zealand was in 2004, when it had won by 3-2. Take a glimpse of the new Indian Tennis Team by buying online images.
