INDIAN SUPERSTARS IN WIMBLEDON

Leander Paes, India's Tennis pride, was born in Goa on June 17,1973 and brought up in kollkata . He captured the 1990 Wimbledon Junior title and was ranked as the No.1 junior player in the world at one time. In 1996 Atlanta Olympics, he won the bronze medal in the Tennis event and made India proud with this individual medal won after a long gap of 44 years.

He teamed up with Mahesh Bhupathi to form the Indian doubles team and the duo in 1999, showed their class by winning the French Open and Wimbledon and entering the finals of the two other Grand Slam Tournaments; the Australian and US Opens.

Mahesh Shrinivas Bhupathi is another professional tennis star.He is among the best doubles tennis players in the world with 11 Grand Slam titles to his creditMahesh Bhupathi is best known as one of the top doubles players in the 90's and the 00's. In 1999, Bhupathi won three doubles titles with Leander Paes including Roland Garros and Wimbledon.

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CELEBRITIES FEVER IN WIMBLEDON

Former tennis internationals Bjorn Borg and US John McEnroe ahead of the men's final tennis match between Switzerland's Roger Federer and US Andy Roddick .


Former tennis international Boris Becker jokes around ahead of the men's final tennis match between Switzerland's Roger Federer and US Andy Roddick.

Brooklyn Decker, partner of US tennis player Andy Roddick, watches his match against Australia's Lleyton Hewitt in a Men's Quarter Final match on the ninth day of the 2009 Wimbledon Tennis Championships at the All England Tennis Club, in southwest London, on July 1, 2009.



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ANXIOUS MOMENTS AT WIMBLEDON.

The world's finest celebrities came in to watch Roger Federer beat Andy Roddick at the final of the Wimbledon on Sunday.

Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and his wife Anjali attended the men's final tennis match between Switzerland's Roger Federer and US' Andy Roddick.

Australian actor Russel Crowe and US actor Woody watched the arch rivals play face 2 face against each other.

Besides these celebs,Former tennis international's US Pete Sampras and Sweden's Bjorn Borg were also present

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MORE CELEBS AT WIMBLEDON.

Actress Kate Winslet and her husband Sam attended a tennis match between Croatia's Ivo Karlovic and Switzerland's Roger Federer on Day 9 at the 2009 Wimbledon tennis championships at the All England Club on July 1, 2009.

Girlfriend of England's Andy Murray Kim Sears cheers during play against Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka during their match on Day 7 at the 2009 Wimbledon tennis championships at the All England Club on June 29, 2009.

Mirka Vavrinec partner of Switzerland's Roger Federer, leaves Centre Court after his game against Sweden's Robin Soderling on the seventh day of the 2009 Wimbledon Tennis Championships at the All England Tennis Club, in southwest London, on June 29, 2009.



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