Paes On Bhupathi:
These Two from India are such a fascinating pair... It's sad that they had to part but they have respect to each other and the news is that They will be pairing up agin in Doha. Paes sopke on his long-time mate and told that he is here in Mumbai for his respect to Bhupathi and his love for the City and for the Country.


Difficult to partner Bhupathi: Paes

PTI
MUMBAI, Sept 26: Indian tennis ace Leander Paes on Tuesday said he might go into the Doha Asian Games without playing tune up events with Mahesh Bhupathi because of his ATP Tour commitments.
Paes said he had considered pairing up with his former triple Grand Slam-winning partner at the $380,000 Kingfisher Airlines Open but Bhupathi had already struck a successful partnership with Croatian Mario Ancic.
"I am going to partner Martin Damm (Czech Republic) in the winter and we are to play three indoor tournaments in Europe in the run-up to the World Doubles championships in Shanghai which we are focusing on winning," the 33-year-old said.
"Actually I thought of partnering Mahesh here in view of the Doha Asian Games but he had already partnered with Mario (Ancic) who are the favourites here and that option was ruled out.
"I looked at the draw here and found Aisam (Qureshi of Pakistan) who I admire for the way he plays, conducts himself responsibly on court and I decided to ask him," said Paes.

"I don't have the luxury of taking a different partner for three or four weeks with the Shanghai tournament coming up. I am working very hard for Shanghai," he said. He said he was taking part in the Mumbai tournament mainly to offer support for Bhupathi whose event management company Globosport is organizing the event here.
"I have come here mainly to support Mahesh's venture. He is conducting WTA event and now an ATP event. The second reason is I am happy to play any tournament in India," he said.
Looking forward to the Asian Games, Paes said that since the field there in doubles would in no way be comparable to the ones on the ATP circuit, he and Bhupathi should win the title. "In Asian Games we are the favourites. If we end up not doing well it will be disappointing. I am playing at my best and we have played together for eight years. The only thing we need to be cautious about would be complacency," said Paes and insisted he would concentrate on men's doubles and mixed doubles (with Sania Mirza) at Doha.
Talking about the year so far, Paes said it has been a fantastic year with Damm
and he could not have asked for a better doubles partner. "No one on the tour expected us to reach a Grand Slam final let alone win one," said Paes who, partnering Damm, won the US Open title earlier this month.