Leander Paes Has Taken to Martial Arts in order to Become Quicker
Tennis – Indian tennis doubles legend has been training in martial arts during the off-season in order to help him become quicker on the court and the 45-year-old veteran says he is happy with the results so far.
Speaking after his loss in Pune, Paes says, I do a lot of hard training to keep this body hard and fresh. You are seeing a much faster, younger, quicker, fresher Leander on court. I am hungry again. I am hungry to win.
I want the ball on my racquet. I feel like the more court I cover, the more chances I have to win. I am 45 years old but I just love the effort and the magic that goes into playing tennis and I am sure if I keep up the the hard work like this, matches like this are going to go o go in my favour over the year.
I am really happy with the off-season training I have done. I have gotten faster, stronger and I feel really good with mwith my game and I wont be surprised if I have a really good year. Paes is currently ranked No.
63 in the world and has won 54 ATP doubles titles in his career but he still wants more. I have to make sure that my legs are fast and that endurance and that speed is there. My serve has got a few more clicks per hour than it had last year.
The mind is clean and fresh and when the ball is travelling through 200 miles an hour, I am on it. Paes is playing this season with Mexican partner Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela and the duo were beaten by the Indian pairing of Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan in the semi-finals of the TATA Open in Pune on Friday in a tight three-set match.
