The All India Tennis Association, AITA has extended the ban on Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna from the national team till June 30, 2014.Bhupathi and Bopanna had objected to partnering with Leander Paes at the London Olympics, following which AITA had sent two doubles team – one of Bhupathi and Bopanna, and the other of Paes and Vishnu Vardhan to the Olympics.The AITA had said that it would stick to the young Indian side for the Asia-Oceania Group-I Davis Cup, which is underway in Chandigarh, and will not include Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna in the squad until the country moves up from the Asia-Oceania Group.
News On AIR | September 16, 2012 9:51 AM
Ban on Bhupati, Bopanna extended for two years