She teamed up with Leander Paes to win gold in the mixed doubles event and won silver in the singles event.
Rohan Bopanna has set his sight on the Paris Olympics 2024 starting July 26 after winning his maiden men's doubles grand slam.
The 17-year-old rallied to make the grade in the Osaka Mayor's Cup tennis tournament
"Various factors led to it, things were adding up," said Bhupathi.
The Indo-Belgian pair lost 4-6, 4-6 to Leos Friedl and Mikhail Youzhny in the men's doubles first round.
Playing only his second junior Grand Slam, 17-year-old won 7-5, 6-3
India were handed a tough Davis Cup draw, being pitted against top seeds Czech Republic in the World Group Play-offs, to be held from September 18-20 either in New Delhi or Pune.
He goes with Joshua Eagle into the Australian Open firmly believing he can become the first Indian to collect trophies from all four tennis majors.
Leander Paes and Martin Damm have been drawn to take on Tomas Cibulec and David Skoch in the first round of the doubles event at the Chennai Open.
Indian tennis ace Leander Paes is not at all surprised with Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer dominating once again, saying the ageing duo continue to 'reinvent' themselves.
He and Elena Likhovtseva won their second round match against Liezel Huber and Pavel Vizner at the French Open.
With less than two weeks to go for the Athens Games, the IOA is still undecided about who will carry the tricolour at the opening ceremony.
India's Rohan Bopanna and his partner Gabriela Dabrowski fought hard before crashing out in the mixed doubles quarter-finals at the US Open, on Monday.
The third seeds were shocked by 16th seeds Julian Knowle of Austria and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia and Montenegro in the men's doubles third round at Wimbledon.
He will take on Gouichi Motomura in the opening singles, while Leander Paes meets Takao Suzuki, in the Davis Cup tie against Japan, from April 9 to 11.
Enrico Piperno, who was also India's Fed Cup coach says, lack of funding, support and infrastructure will cease creation of a top-50 player
Balaji also showed that he can quickly adapt to conditions when he was asked to do the singles duty during the Davis Cup tie against Pakistan on grass. The rival was not of the highest quality but Balaji showed that he was willing to come out of his comfort zone if the team demands.
India's tennis campaign at the Paris Olympics lasted just a day as Sumit Nagal and the men's doubles pair of Rohan Bopanna and N Sriram Balaji bowed out after losing their respective opening matches to French challengers in Paris Sunday.
Mukund is now the second Indian player to pull out of the tie after Rohan Bopanna had withdrawn due to a shoulder injury.
Leander Paes, who along with his Czech partner Martin Damm bowed out in the semi-finals of the ATP Masters in Shanghai, is still in 12th place with 3285 points.
The bitterness of not getting a shot at the Olympics mixed doubles event continues to rankle Leander Peas and the veteran Indian tennis star has no qualms in stating that the country did not send its best team in the event to Rio.
'They could have handled this in a better way. I've observed that when Paes gets selected, Bhupathi is left out and vice versa. This has been happening for last 10-15 years. This is not good for Indian tennis'
Thomas Johansson beat Praskah Amritraj in the reverse singles to secure a 3-1 lead over India.
The Indian Davis Cup team, whitewashed by formidable Spain in the World Group Play-off tie, were seeded second behind Kazakhstan in the Asia/Oceania Group 1.
India face one of the most ferocious Davis Cup challenges at home as nothing less than their best would be required to challenge world number two Serbia, who will test skill and strength of the hosts even without world number one Novak Djokovic in Bangalore from Friday.
India were drawn against their Pakistan for an away Asia-Oceania Zone Group 1 fixture.
India caused a stir in Zagreb where veteran duo Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna edged Mate Pavic and Franko Skugor in Saturday's doubles to keep alive the tie but Marin Cilic quickly doused Indian hopes with a 6-0, 6-1 win over Sumit Nagal.
India's Rohan Bopanna and his Romanian partner Marius Copil got off to a rousing start at the French Open, knocking out sixth seeds Raven Klaasen and Michael Venus in the first round, in Paris, on Tuesday.
Mumbai Tennis Masters overcame Punjab Marshalls 29-20 in the inconsequential final North Zone round robin match of the Champions Tennis League at the Kalina University Sports Complex on Monday.
Shifting of India's only ATP event from Chennai to Pune after 21 years has disappointed the Amritraj brothers.
A galaxy of sports stars including currnet India captain Virat Kohli and the legendary Sunil Gavaskar will help raise funds for the underprivileged children battling cancer, on November 18.
Akhtar Ali played eight Davis Cup ties between 1958 and 1964 and also captained and coached the Indian team.
Mark Nielsen and Alistair Hunt are raring to go in the Davis Cup Asia Oceania tie against India.
India's top singles player Prajnesh Gunnesaran drew world number 17 Milos Raonic of Canada as his first round opponent at the Wimbledon Championships, starting Monday.
Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza fought through a gruelling schedule to enter the last 16 of women's doubles and quarterfinals of mixed doubles by winning both her respective second-round matches on an all-win day for Indians in the US Open in New York.
The cricketing extravaganza became a business opportunity for everyone, from five-star hotels to cafes to street vendors across the country on Sunday.
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