{"id":9001,"date":"2012-08-05T04:12:27","date_gmt":"2012-08-05T04:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=9001"},"modified":"2012-08-05T04:12:27","modified_gmt":"2012-08-05T04:12:27","slug":"it-is-curtains-for-indian-tennis-contingent-as-paes-sania-crashes-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=9001","title":{"rendered":"It is curtains for Indian Tennis Contingent as Paes-Sania crashes out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A report in <strong>The Hindu<\/strong> says that it was game over for India\u2019s tennis contingent at the London Olympic Games as their last hope Leander Paes and Sania Mirza were knocked out in the mixed doubles quarterfinals on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Paes and Sania lost 5-7, 6-7(5) to the top-seeded pair of Max Mirnyi and Victoria Azarenka from Belarus in the last eight stage round in a match that was spread over two days due to bad light.<\/p>\n<p>The Indians were trailing 2-3 in the second set, when play was stopped on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Paes and Sania did put up a brave fight but then they failed to cash in on the break points which hurt them bad. Out of eight chances in the second set, they could convert only one.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile a report in <strong>The Times of India<\/strong> said the Indian pair who beat Serbia&#8217;s Nenad Zimonjic and Ana Ivanovic in the first round, were playing together in controversial circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>Paes had demanded an assurance that only he would be paired with Mirza, rather than Mahesh Bhupathi or Rohan Bopanna, following a row over Bhupathi&#8217;s refusal to play with Paes in the men&#8217;s doubles.<\/p>\n<p>Mirza hit out about the arrangement, saying she was uncomfortable at being used as &#8220;bait&#8221; to keep Paes happy after winning two grand slam titles with Bhupathi.<\/p>\n<p>All of India&#8217;s tennis competitors have now been eliminated from the Game<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A report in The Hindu says that it was game over for India\u2019s tennis contingent at the London Olympic Games as their last hope Leander Paes and Sania Mirza were knocked out in the mixed doubles quarterfinals on Saturday. 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