India has got very talented people and is very proud of its stance in the world. Leander Paes as we all know is the best Indian tennis player, he is at his best at doubles. He is considered one of the greatest doubles tennis players in India and all over the world. He holds the record of accomplishing the most doubles in the Davis Cup. The 47-year-old has won 10 mixed doubles Grand Slam titles and 8 doubles titles. He has been competing in the Olympics since the year 1992, he is the only Indian tennis player to have ever won an Olympic medal. He has also partnered with the Legendary Indian tennis player “Ramesh Krishnan” playing in the doubles in the year 1992 at Barcelona Olympics.
He won a bronze medal at the Atlanta Olympics Games in the year 1996 and has competed in consecutive Olympics from the years 1992 to 2016 making him the first Indian to compete at Seven games.
He has received many honoured awards from India like “Padma Bhushan”, “Padma Shri”, “Arjuna Award” as well as “Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award”. He has made India proud with his amazing progress in the game, he has lightened up India’s legacy.
There are many other talented tennis players from India like Sania Mirza, who is a former Tennis player who has played with Leander Paes on many occasions and the duo has won a lot of trophies together. The duo has played in the Olympics as well and has won many games together. However, they don’t go together after their argument which happened many years ago.