Most times we stood with trophies our relationship was at its worst Leander Paes on Mahesh Bhupathi
Mumbai Sep 17 PTI Tennis champion Leander Paes on Friday said the upcoming non-fiction series Break Point will give fans an insight into his fractured but successful professional pairing with sports star Mahesh BhupathiHelmed by filmmaker couple Nitesh Tiwari and Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari the ZEE5 series traces the on and off-court partnership between the two Indian tennis icons who were the first doubles team from the country to win at the Wimbledon in 1999Once the poster boys for the sport in the country being nicknamed the Indian Express they played together from 1994 to 2006 and reunited for their second stint from 2008 to 2011 The duo had a public fall out but have now reunited to share their story with Break PointDuring a virtual trailer launch of the seven-part series Paes said the project helped them put their career in perspective and how things would have been different if the two simply communicatedWith Mahesh it was always difficult to get a word out of him because he is not the most vociferous communicator But if I could see that archival footage then in 1999 or in 2000 when the break was happening maybe things could have been differentMaybe if our communication could have been better then and I will take responsibility for my communication too if we had a Break Point straight after winning the Wimbledon and the French Open in 1999 we could have played for a few more years Paes told reportersHe said when they delved into the scrapbooks over the last 25 years including archivals from the Wimbledon the Olympics the Asian games and the French open there were a lot of things the duo had not addressedThrough the highs and lows of Mahesh and my career both on and off the court there were a lot of things that we had not addressed There are conversations that we are now a little wiser for so hence we can address them and find closure to them There are a few conversations we are more mature about so we can laugh at ourselves he addedIn a partnership spanning more than 12 years Paes and Bhupati won three Grand Slam titles Paes said the most special aspect of the duo was their ability to come together to play for the country regardless of their personal issuesThrough all our differences recognising that we are different personalities we have different emotions we do our business differently but yet at the same time the unconditional brotherhood that we have That translated every time we played for the countryIt is very unique that most of the times that we stood on podiums with trophies in our hands our relationship was at its worst Yet being able to drive forward through that The brotherhood that we have he knows that anytime he needs me I will be around and I know the same for him he addedBhupathi credited the duos ability to switch on at any time they needed to regardless of what was going on around us as their biggest strengthThe main takeaway from the career was how to fight and succeed through adversities Most of our success especially in the tail end of our career came through all the adversities that we faced through the breakupWhen we won a gold in Doha at the Asian Games the amount of baggage that we were carrying on to the court before the tournament started was something that two normal Tennis players would not have gone past the first round with forget about winning the gold medal We had the ability to solve problems once we were put in a professional situation and get the job done Bhupathi addedCreated by Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari and Nitesh Tiwari with Piyush Gupta as the creative director Break Point will stream on ZEE5 on October 1 PTI JUR SHD RB RB
Mumbai Sep 17 PTI Tennis champion Leander Paes on Friday said the upcoming non-fiction series Break Point will give fans an insight into his fractured but successful professional pairing with sports star Mahesh BhupathiHelmed by filmmaker couple Nitesh Tiwari and Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari the ZEE5 series traces the on and off-court partnership between the two Indian tennis icons who were the first doubles team from the country to win at the Wimbledon in 1999Once the poster boys for the sport in the country being nicknamed the Indian Express they played together from 1994 to 2006 and reunited for their second stint from 2008 to 2011 The duo had a public fall out but have now reunited to share their story with Break PointDuring a virtual trailer launch of the seven-part series Paes said the project helped them put their career in perspective and how things would have been different if the two simply communicatedWith Mahesh it was always difficult to get a word out of him because he is not the most vociferous communicator But if I could see that archival footage then in 1999 or in 2000 when the break was happening maybe things could have been differentMaybe if our communication could have been better then and I will take responsibility for my communication too if we had a Break Point straight after winning the Wimbledon and the French Open in 1999 we could have played for a few more years Paes told reportersHe said when they delved into the scrapbooks over the last 25 years including archivals from the Wimbledon the Olympics the Asian games and the French open there were a lot of things the duo had not addressedThrough the highs and lows of Mahesh and my career both on and off the court there were a lot of things that we had not addressed There are conversations that we are now a little wiser for so hence we can address them and find closure to them There are a few conversations we are more mature about so we can laugh at ourselves he addedIn a partnership spanning more than 12 years Paes and Bhupati won three Grand Slam titles Paes said the most special aspect of the duo was their ability to come together to play for the country regardless of their personal issuesThrough all our differences recognising that we are different personalities we have different emotions we do our business differently but yet at the same time the unconditional brotherhood that we have That translated every time we played for the countryIt is very unique that most of the times that we stood on podiums with trophies in our hands our relationship was at its worst Yet being able to drive forward through that The brotherhood that we have he knows that anytime he needs me I will be around and I know the same for him he addedBhupathi credited the duos ability to switch on at any time they needed to regardless of what was going on around us as their biggest strengthThe main takeaway from the career was how to fight and succeed through adversities Most of our success especially in the tail end of our career came through all the adversities that we faced through the breakupWhen we won a gold in Doha at the Asian Games the amount of baggage that we were carrying on to the court before the tournament started was something that two normal Tennis players would not have gone past the first round with forget about winning the gold medal We had the ability to solve problems once we were put in a professional situation and get the job done Bhupathi addedCreated by Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari and Nitesh Tiwari with Piyush Gupta as the creative director Break Point will stream on ZEE5 on October 1 PTI JUR SHD RB RB
