"We can win tennis gold in CWG games"

"We can win tennis gold in CWG games"

Former Davis cupper Jaideep Mukherjea feels India's tennis team has a good chance of winning Commonwealth gold.

"We have a bright chance to bag the gold in men's doubles and mixed doubles the coming Commonwealth Games," Mukherjea, in charge of coaching Indian tennis squad for Commonwealth Games, told PTI.

According to him, Indian tennis players would face the challenge from Australia, Canada and England.

Admitting that the inclusion of top tennis stars like Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupathy, Somdev Dev Burman, Rohan Bopanna, Sania Mirza and Yuki Bhambri almost certain, Mukherjea felt there would still be enough chance for other players to play in the mega sporting event.

He said apart from Yuki Bhambry, some of the juniors like Vijayan Malik from Chandigarh, Abhijit Tiwari from Raipur and Rajshree Venkatesh from Mysore have showed potential in the training camps organised by Commonwealth Games Committee.

All India Tennis Association Excutive Director Ranbir Chauhan informed that in Commonwealth Games, there would be no team event for tennis this time. "The events would be restricted to singles and doubles for men and women and mixed doubles," he said.


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