Ending days of speculation on Tuesday Sania Mirza was awarded a wild card entry along with Rushmi Chakravarthi for the women’s doubles tennis event in the upcoming London Olympics.
Somdev Devvarman was given a wild card in men’s singles tennis event. The All India Tennis Association has got a letter from ITF president Francesco Ricci Bitti stating that they have awarded wild cards to three of the players.
India will now have seven tennis players competing in London. Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupathi, Rohan Bopanna and Vishnu Vardhan were the other four selected by the AITA selection committee last week.
Keywords – Sania, Somdev get wild cards for London Olympics, AITA selection, ITF president.
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