Paes can play for another year: Bhupathi

Indian tennis great Mahesh Bhupathi on Saturday said his former Grand Slam winning partner Leander Paes was still playing well and can continue for another year.

Terming it as "The Last Roar", Olympics bronze medalist Paes is in his last year of professional tennis career. The 46-year-old finished runner-up in his final ATP Tour match on home soil at the Bengaluru Open.

"He's playing well still. He made the final of Bengaluru. If he continues to play well for a few more months, may be he will play for another year. I think the way he's playing he should play as long as he can," Bhupathi told PTI about Paes, with whom he has won three of his four Grand Slam doubles titles.

Asked whether Paes could make it to the Tokyo Olympics squad to extend his record to an eighth appearance, Bhupathi said: "There are four five candidates in contention. We will have to wait and see till the cut off date (end of June)."
"I've got lot's memories here. It has got an incredible rich tradition of tennis. I think it's the best tennis club in the country. So it's nice to come back here."
"We have some great juniors. But unfortunately we do'nt have a system and corportates' support."