Mirza looks for Olympic gold in mixed doubles - 亞網 Tennis

Mirza說希望能替印度拿下奧運混雙金牌，
不過她還沒確定會與誰搭檔出戰奧運，
印度現在有三位男球員在男雙排名前12名內。(雙打好像是前十可以參賽?)
Mirza與Bhupathi拿過2009年澳網混雙冠軍；
也曾經與Paes合作摘下2006年亞洲混雙金牌。

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – For a country of 1.2 billion people, India has
struggled to find success at the Olympics, winning just one individual gold
medal.

Sania Mirza, the country's top women's tennis player, hopes to help double
that total in London this year.

India only has one singles player ranked in the top 100 —Somdev Devvarman at
No. 86 in the ATP rankings — but it does have some of the world's best
doubles players. Mirza is ranked 11th in the WTA doubles rankings, while
Leander Paes is No. 7 in the ATP doubles rankings, Mahesh Bhupathi is No. 8
and Rohan Bopanna is No. 11.

Mirza, who lost her first-round singles match at the Australian Open to
Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria on Monday, says she's planning to play mixed
doubles with one of the three men at the 2012 London Games.

It's the first time since 1924 that mixed doubles will be included at the
Olympics.

"Funnily enough, a medal is a medal at the Olympics. It doesn't matter if you
get it in singles, doubles or mixed," she says. "We're a big country, and
obviously (the) Olympics is important to us."

As for her partner in London, Mirza says she'd be happy with any of the three
men's players. Mirza partnered with Bhupathi to win the Australian Open mixed
title in 2009 and won the mixed gold medal at the 2006 Asian Games with Paes.

"I'm in a great position to chose from three people who are in the top 12 in
the world (in doubles)," she said. "Obviously, the best people will be put
forward."

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