Ace Indian doubles tennis player Mahesh Bhupathi said that Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna were never in the reckoning for a medal at the Rio Olympics as they lacked preparation and match practice together. The Indian doubles men's team crashed out in the first round after losing in straight sets to the Polish pair of Lukasz Kubot and Marcin Matkowski.

Mahesh Bhupathi tries his hand at table tennis during the launch of the 11EVEN inter-school table tennis championship at Khar Gymkhana yesterday. Pic/Suresh Karkera