IPTL: Lara Dutta praises hubby Mahesh Bhupathi's Federer 'coup'

Lara Dutta, Mahesh Bhupathi (Pic Getty/ Midday)

New Delhi: Bollywood actor Lara Dutta, wife of tennis ace Mahesh Bhupathi, yesterday showed her support for a significant development in her hubby's inaugural edition of the franchise-based International Premier Tennis League (IPTL).


Lara Dutta

Bhupathi, announced yesterday that the IPTL had signed on 17-time Grand Slam winner Roger Federer for Team India.

Federer's team also comprises Pete Sampras, Gael Monfils, Ana Ivanovic, Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna in Team India.

And Lara tweeted about a media report calling Federer and Sampras being in the same team as 'The greatest coup in Tennis history.'

Recently, Rafael Nadal dealt a huge blow to IPTL organisers by pulling out of the event citing health problems.