Bhupathi's sports management company will look after "future stars" Shikha and Neha Uberoi.
Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh is close to sealing a deal with tennis player Mahesh Bhupathi's sports marketing agency Globosport after his seven-year contract with Percept Talent Management ends in a few weeks. The move could prompt Percept taking Yuvaraj Singh to court because it is believed to have the first right to refusal to match the Globosport offer.
Tennis ace Mahesh Bhupathi's company allied with athletes1 to identify playing opportunities for cricketers.
The signing follows the Hyderabad girl's decision last week to come out of the All India Tennis Association's sponsorship and pursue corporate patronage.
The aim of the short stint will be to work on specific areas of Sania's game like her service, shot selection and planning of points during matches.
US Open and Olympic champion Andy Murray has signed on as the first client of a new partnership between his management company and Indian doubles star Mahesh Bhupathi's GloboSport.
Celebrity management firms like Globosports and World Sports Group say the celebrity endorsement market is estimated to clock a healthy growth in 2009. Senior executives at these firms say while there is no organised agency to track the deal size of the endorsements, the market size is expected to grow 15 to 17 per cent in 2009.
The All India Tennis Association has decided to bar private players from holding an ATP/WTA event on their own in the country.
India's tennis ace Sania Mirza would undergo surgery on her troublesome right wrist in Miami on Thursday which would put her out of action for at least four weeks. The injury had also forced Sania to pull out of the Sony Ericsson Open last month.
A wrist injury could keep the Indian ace out of next week's WTA tournament.
Mumbai tennis fans could well have a two-weeks' feast, as the WTA Sunfeast Open Tier III tournament, which is hosted by Kolkata every year, could be shifted to India's financial capital, after the annual ATP Kingfisher Airlines Open.
The Indian players received two of the allotted three wild cards for the ATP event in Mumbai.
The world No. 13 will be the top attraction at the September 18-24 WTA tournament in Kolkata.
The country is far from producing another genuine world-beater in women's tennis, said Mahesh Bhupathi.
After endorsing Lotto, Malabar Gold and HPCL, tennis star Sania Mirza has been roped in by Tata Indicom with the launch of a limited edition of 'Signature Series' of handset called 'Sania Fone'.
The cricketer's former management firm has appealed against him forging a tie-up with tennis player Mahesh Bhupathi's firm.
Indian doubles ace Mahesh Bhupathi on India's newest sports sensation. 'Leander and me probably started the revolution, and now Sania is taking it to a different level,' he says.
The trio will be in action at the $25,000 ATP Challenger, beginning in Bangalore on Monday.\n\n
The captain may be loathe to the idea, but the Delhi Lawn Tennis Association defended the decision to slot the Davis Cup tie against Spain in the evening, saying the aim is to make the event more accessible to tennis fans and save Indian players from cramping.
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