Veteran Indian tennis player Leander Paes is contemplating extending his career by another year to bid for an eighth Olympic appearance following the postponement of the Tokyo Games to 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Paes, who will turn 47 in June, announced late last year that 2020 would be his"farewell year" as a professional before he hangs up his racket.The Rio Olympics was his seventh Olympic appearance since he made his first tilt at the 1992 Barcelona Games. "The fitness is still there, so is the mental aptitude and the tennis. I just have to focus on adjusting my training regime now that there's going to be a long hiatus. This time I have might allow me a refreshed look at this."
Paes started his professional career in 1991 and has won 18 doubles and mixed doubles Grand Slam titles. He has not tasted grand slam success since he and Martina Hingis won the mixed doubles title at the 2016 French Open.
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