Sania should do well in Wimbledon: Bhupathi

KOLKATA (PTI): Indian ace Mahesh Bhupathi is confident that Sania Mirza would be able to leave behind her recent lacklustre showing and make a forceful comeback in the Wimbledon Championship beginning next month.
Asked to comment on Sania slipping to the 39th spot in the rankings, Bhupathi said, ‘’This can happen to any player. Ups and downs do come in a player’s career.’’
Sania, who had climbed up to the 34th spot in the world list, moved down to 40th before improving one position in the latest ranking chart. Plagued by various injuries, Sania is now taking a three-week break from the court to give herself much-needed rest. ‘’She is trying hard and hopefully we will see him come up with a good result in the Wimbledon,’’ he said.
Bhupathi did not agree that India had made a heavy weather of their Davis Cup Asia Oceania Zone group 1 play-off tie against Pakistan before managing to win 3-2. ‘’We always knew that it will be tough. Pakistan’s number one player Aisam ul-Haq Qureshi is very good on the grass court. We knew that he will give us a run for the money in the two singles matches,’’ he said.
“What is important is that we won. We badly needed to win to stay in group 1 to be in a position to take a shot at the world group,’’ said Bhupathi, now ranked 22nd in doubles.
Asked whether India’s efforts to return to the world group were faltering due to the inability of the second rung players, the lanky tennis star avoided a direct reply. ‘’There is lot of talent now. Prakash Amritraj, Rohan Bopanna and Jeevan Neducheziyan are good. But they have to work hard to break into the top in men’s circuit,’’ he said.