Sania, Sunitha named in Olympics doubles draw

From correspondents in Delhi, India, 01:00 AM IST India's Sania Mirza and Sunitha Rao will compete in women's doubles event of the Beijing Olympics as the International Tennis Federation included the pair in the direct acceptance list for the mega-event announced Wednesday. Sania will also compete in the singles event while Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi will lead India's challenge in men's doubles, according to the ITF list announced Wednesday. The All India Tennis Association had written to ITF for a wild card for the duo in the Olympics. Sania is ranked 19 in doubles, which is going to move up after her quarterfinal appearance in Wimbledon. US-born Sunitha is currently 128th in doubles. She had a good year in doubles and in May she achieved her career high doubles ranking of 108. For both men and women, this is the... [read full story]