5Photo© hindustantimes.comLeander Paes, Vijay Amritraj Inducted Into Tennis Hall Of Fame
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Paes recounted his youth playing football and hockey before turning to tennis and eventually following his hockey-captain father as an Olympic medalist.
"It's my greatest honor to be on this stage with not only these legends of the game, people who have inspired me every single day of my life -- not because you've only won Grand Slams, not because you've shaped our sport but every single one of these people have shaped the world we live in," Paes said.
Amritraj, 70, played from 1970 until retiring in 1993, winning 15 ATP singles titles and 399 matches and being ranked as high as 18th in the world and helped India to the Davis Cup finals in 1974 and 1987.
“ I am so excited to share this with all of you, representing every young boy and girl around the planet who has a dream in their mind, passion in their hearts and fire in their belly,
Mahesh Bhupathi,
Legendary players Leander Paes, Amritraj inducted into Tennis Hall of…
“ I think it's really special to have two Indians inducted into the Hall of Fame. I have so much respect for Vijay and what he has given to me and the opportunity as a young boy in his academy, to his…
Leander Paes,
Paes, Amritraj make history after Hall of Fame Induction