CHENNAI: Keeping in mind the Indian interest, the organisers of Aircel- Chennai Open 2015 have granted doubles wild cards to tennis ace Mahesh Bhupathi, Saketh Myneni, Sriram Balaji and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan. Fans can see Indian ace and doubles specialist Mahesh Bhupathi partnering 27-year-old Saketh Myneni for the first time at Chennai Open.
Bhupathi, who has 52 career doubles titles in his kitty, will look at Chennai as a platform to kick-start the new year on a winning note. With Leander Paes, Bhupathi won the 2011 Chennai Open doubles crown.
Talented Saketh Myneni attained a career high doubles ranking of World No.154 last month. He made his Indian Davis Cup debut at the 2014 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Group I Tie with Chinese Taipei, where he partnered Rohan Bopanna in the doubles. Myneni won gold & silver medals at Incheon Asian Games 2014 in mixed doubles & men's doubles, where he partnered with Sania Mirza and Sanam Singh respectively.
N Sriram Balaji will team up with Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan.