New Delhi: Sania Mirza, fresh from her US Open mixed doubles success, will have to inspire a relatively young Indian tennis team to win medals in the 2014 Asian Games starting Friday in the South Korean city of Incheon.

Sania along with Leander Paes and Rohan Boppana had earlier decided to skip the Asian Games to improve their rankings in the professional circuit and make the cut for the year-ending tour finals. Somdev, who with Sanam Singh had won the singles and the doubles gold medal in the 2010 Asian Games, came under some flak for missing the event in his bid to come back among the top-100.