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Tennis
What’s happening right now in Indian tennis
12-time Grand Slam doubles champion Mahesh Bhupathi outlined his plans for the International Premier Tennis League (IPTL), a franchise based tennis tournament featuring the who’s who of tennis. The tournament is set to be launched in late 2014.
Somdev Devvarman continues his resurgence in the world of tennis at the ongoing US Open. Devvarman knocked out Lukas Lacko in the first round.
Mahesh Bhupathi is set to team up with Swiss Miss Martina Hingis for the 2013 US Open mixed doubles. This is Bhupathi’s last Grand Slam.
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Rohan Bopanna achieved a career-high ranking of 5 in the ATP World Tour doubles rankings, following his semifinal appearance at Wimbledon.
Ranking
Highest ranked Men’s singles player: Somdev Devvarman (114)
Highest ranked Men’s doubles player: Rohan Bopanna (7)
Highest ranked Women’s singles player: Ankita Raina (311)
Highest ranked Women’s doubles player: Sania Mirza (16)
F1
Indian motorsport enthusiasts were handed a bitter blow when F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone confirmed that the Buddh International Circuit would not be playing host to Formula One in the year 2014. Ecclestone expressed hope of seeing the Indian GP back again on the circuit in 2015. It is rumoured that the teams are not comfortable with the customs and tax laws, as well as the political red tape involved in hosting the race.
India’s first F1 driver Narain Karthikeyan called for government support in ensuring the sport does not lose its footing in India.
Shooting
Rahi Sarnobat became the first Indian to win a World Cup gold when she won the 25m pistol final in the ISSF World Cup held in Korea. Prakash Nanjappa won the bronze medal in the men’s 10 metre Air Pistol event.
Rahi Sarnobat
As of March 1st 2013, Vijay Kumar is the top-ranked shooter in Asia in the 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men’s category with 2,321 points, more than 300 points clear of second-placed Ding Feng of China.
Shooter Abhinav Bindra, the only Indian to win an individual Olympic gold, has been recommended for the Bharat Ratna, the country’s highest civilian honour, by the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI). India’s ace double trap shooter Ronjan Sodhi was selected for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna.
Ranking
10m Air Rifle Men: Gagan Narang (World No. 8)
25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men: Vijay Kumar (World No. 4)
