Indian tennis ace Leander Paes joins Trinamool Congress
The entrance of the high-profile sportsman comes as the Trinamool Congress prepares to run in the state Assembly elections in 2022.
Fourth seeds Leander Paes and Andre Sa progressed to the Estoril Open quarterfinals and also joining them in the last-eight pairs were Divij Sharan and Purav Raja, who knocked out third seeds Marcus Daniell and Marcelo Demoliner, here.
Paes and his Brazilian partner defeated Renzo Olivo and Benoit Paire 7-6(1) 6-2 in the opening round of the €540,310 clay court event.
Paes has come into the tournament after winning a Challenger event in USA with Scott Lipsky. He and Sa next face Spanish team of Nicolas Almagro and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez.
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Unseeded Indian team of Sharan and Raja shocked the third seeded team 6-0 7-6 (4) in their opening round.
The next opponents for Sharan and Raja are Ariel Behar and Aliaksandr Bury.
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