Tue, Sep 14 10 10:08 PM
Chennai, Sep 14 (PTI) Veteran Indian tennis player Leander Paes today said he is still unsure about his doubles partner in the crucial Davis Cup tie against Brazil starting here Friday. Without naming Mahesh Bhupati, Paes talked a lot about available options in the Indian team and said the non-playing captain S P Mishra would take the call as to who will partner him on second day of the tie on Saturday. "It is good to have options and it is going to be tough on the captain to decide. I have full confidence in S P Mishra whom I have known for many years. He has been our lucky captain and so it is up to him to decide," said Paes, who has scripted many memorable triumphs at the international levels. The most successful professional player of India, Paes let his emotions out taking pride on serving the country that he loves most. "For sure, this tie is something special for me. I still remember my first match in Davis Cup against Japan in Jaipur. It was 18-16 in the fifth set and we won the tie," he said on his five-set doubles match that he won along with Zeeshan Ali as India to thrash Japan. Within an hour of his arrival here this afternoon, Paes was at the SAF Games Tennis Stadium with other members of the Indian Davis Cup squad for a three-hour workout. Bhupathi was conspicuous by his absence since not having arrived here and thus Paes practised with Rohan Bopanna, whose morale is on the high having finished runner-up at the U S Open last Saturday. Meanwhile, the Tamil Nadu Tennis Association officials confirmed that Bhupathi would be arriving here by Jet Airways late tonight. Paes, who won his first ATP Grand-Slam Doubles title with Bhupathi at this same venue, paused a beat before recounting some of his greatest moments in Davis Cup when scribes reminded him that he is in to his 21st season in Davis Cup play.
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