Leander Paes and Sania Mirza are tipped to clinch the mixed doubles gold. However, they will have their hurdles.
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Leander, Sania prefer to train than witness CWG opening ceremony
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Leander Paes and Sania Mirza are tipped to clinch the mixed doubles gold. However, they will have their hurdles.
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Paes, who will partner Sania after four years,u00a0 was a tad disappointed.u00a0"I've been part of a number of opening ceremonies in my two-decade long career, but this one was special since it was held on home turf," said Paes, a veteran of four Olympics. "But the country comes first and a medal for India is our priority. We were thus forced to give the ceremony a miss and train under lights since our matchu00a0 will be under floodlights today. We are gunning for gold," said Paes.u00a0
Paes-Sania, seeded second, take on St Lucia's Stacey Nykita Roheman and Alberton Richelieu while another Indian mixed pair Rohan Bopanna and Nirupama Sanjeev face top seeds Anastasia Rodionova and Paul Hanley this evening. Bopanna also has a singles match in the morning against Uganda's Robert Muyinza.
Can Team Paes-Sania repeat their gold medal-winning show of Asiad 2006 in Doha? They could if they get off to a red hot start today.
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