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We will give it all we have: Bhupathi
New Delhi, June 19: Putting behind the disappointment of French Open, Mahesh Bhupathi said his partner Max Mirnyi and he `will give it all we have` at the Wimbledon grand slam tennis event beginning monday.
New Delhi, June 19: Putting behind the disappointment
of French Open, Mahesh Bhupathi said his partner Max Mirnyi
and he "will give it all we have" at the Wimbledon grand slam
tennis event beginning monday.
"We are going in as favourites and we will give it all we
have", Bhupathi said from Nottingham, the venue of final
tune-up event for the All England Championships.
Bhupathi and Mirnyi, who lost to Leander Paes and David
Rikl in the quarterfinals at Roland Garros, have been top
seeded at the year's only grass court grand slam.
The Indian star was surprised by the top billing given to the pair. Although Wimbledon gives weightage to grass court performance while seeding the players, Bhupathi said in the case of doubles, seedings were based on individual rankings.
"Seedings (for the doubles at Wimbledon) totally depends on the rankings. We are the highest ranked team individually, therefore we are seeded number one", Bhupathi said.
The Indo-Belarussian pair is ranked fifth in the ATP doubles race but on the entry system which gives individual ranking of doubles players, Max Mirnyi is the current number one while Bhupathi is ranked sixth.
Their combined ranking adds upto seven, and although it is equal to that of Mike Bryan-Bob Bryan (ranked two and five respectively) and Mark Knowles-Daniel Nestor (three and four), Mirnyi's numero uno status gets them the top honour.
Nevertheless, Bhupathi predicted no easy matches over the next two weeks. "There are definitely a few tough teams, Jonas Bjorkman and Todd Woodbridge, the Bryan brothers, and (Mark) Knowles and (Daniel) Nestor.
"All of them have a lot of experience on grass. We will take one match at a time", he said.
Bureau Report
The Indian star was surprised by the top billing given to the pair. Although Wimbledon gives weightage to grass court performance while seeding the players, Bhupathi said in the case of doubles, seedings were based on individual rankings.
"Seedings (for the doubles at Wimbledon) totally depends on the rankings. We are the highest ranked team individually, therefore we are seeded number one", Bhupathi said.
The Indo-Belarussian pair is ranked fifth in the ATP doubles race but on the entry system which gives individual ranking of doubles players, Max Mirnyi is the current number one while Bhupathi is ranked sixth.
Their combined ranking adds upto seven, and although it is equal to that of Mike Bryan-Bob Bryan (ranked two and five respectively) and Mark Knowles-Daniel Nestor (three and four), Mirnyi's numero uno status gets them the top honour.
Nevertheless, Bhupathi predicted no easy matches over the next two weeks. "There are definitely a few tough teams, Jonas Bjorkman and Todd Woodbridge, the Bryan brothers, and (Mark) Knowles and (Daniel) Nestor.
"All of them have a lot of experience on grass. We will take one match at a time", he said.
Bureau Report