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I'm playing for the Indian flag: Leander Paes
Updated On: 12 January, 2013 01:56 AM IST | | Ashwin Ferro
India's tennis star Leander Paes has finally broken his silence on the ongoing controversy wherein eight of the country's top tennis players ufffd Somdev Devvarman, Mahesh Bhupathi, Rohan Bopanna, Yuki Bhambri, Sanam Singh, Vishnu Vardhan, Divij Saran and Sanam Singh ufffd have refused to make themselves available for the February 1-3 Davis Cup fixture against South Korea in Delhi following the AITA refusing to accept some of their demands for a series of administrative changes.
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“My availability for the Davis Cup has never been in doubt. I’m playing for the flag and for the people of India,” Paes told u00a0MiD DAY from Melbourne yesterday, where he is preparing for the year’s first Grand Slam, the Australian Open. The 39-year-old six-time Olympian and former India Davis Cup skipper will partner World No 4 Czech Radek Stepanek at Melbourne Park.u00a0
Tears of joy: India’s Davis Cup skipper Leander Paes celebrates after beating Pakistan’s Aqeel Khan in the final singles rubber to clinch the Davis Cup Asia-Oceania Group I tie at CCI in April 2006. Pic/AFP
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