The Indian Express promises more firework

8220;They Woodies play basic doubles and play every shot right. The results speak for themselves,8221; he added.

Leander and Mahesh would rub shoulders with other big names in doubles, like the Woodies Mark Woodforde and Todd Woodbridge, Paul Haarhuis and Sandon Stolle. 8220;We Leander and Mahesh look forward to playing the World Doubles. We start as underdogs,8221; said Mahesh.

Though the pair has played only five tournaments this year, they hope to do better. 8220;We are very excited about playing the tournament. We have to get our rhythm back. We have four more tournaments to go before the big event. So, we have enough time to prepare,8221; Mahesh said.

About their failure in the Olympics, Mahesh said, 8220;The circumstances were bad. We did the best we could. There was a bit of rustiness in our understanding. Nothing actually went wrong. It8217;s just that we played the best team in the world. We gave it our best shot. I think we can still do it in Athens.

About their fitness, he said 8220;We are in pretty good shape but we have to fine tune our doubles. Right now, we are trying to get our ranking back.

8220;We are happy to be winning again,8221; Mahesh said regarding their triumph at the Japanese Open. 8220;Though it8217;s was not a big tournament, it was good to win and we hope we can keep the momentum going,8221; he said.

About them getting back together, 8220;Everything is okay now and we are concentrating only on tennis,8221; he said.

He said he was happy that the World Doubles was coming to Bangalore. 8220;It would be great that so many players are coming for the Legends and the World Doubles. People will get to watch some big names in action,8221; he said.

When asked that with so much of emphasis on doubles, what was happening to singles, he said, 8220;I want to see how my shoulder goes. If it does not work out then I am going to call it a day in singles.8221;

About their chances at the World Doubles, 8220;We haven8217;t beaten any top players this year. We are very excited about the championship and we will take it one match at a time,8221; he said.

8220;I think the Indian Express is rolling again. This year, we both had a lot of injuries, so it makes it much more special,8221; Leander had said after the Japanese Open triumph.

Incidentally, the Legends tournament scheduled for nexth month, will have Bjorn Borg, Pat Cash, Guilermo Vilas, Vijay Amritraj, Henry Leconte, Mansoor Baharahmi, Anand Amritraj and Ross Case.