Paes set to start innings as administrator

Indian tennis legend Leander Paes is all set to imagine the position of an administrator as he was named as the subsequent president of the Bengal Tennis Affiliation (BTA). The 18-time Grand Slam champion in males’s doubles and combined doubles was formally proposed as BTA chief throughout a felicitation operate organised by one of many golf equipment the place he learnt the game as a baby, right here.

He might be formally submitting for the BTA chief’s put up within the affiliation’s Annual Common Assembly scheduled in November. Paes, who has been the honorary vice-president of the BTA for fairly a while, accepted the proposal of the outgoing BTA president Hironmoy Chatterjee and vowed to take Bengal tennis to higher heights.

Having returned to the town after remaining a global citizen for fairly a while, Paes turned the pure selection to guide the game’s administration within the state. “It is a big accountability. When Hironmoy Chatterjee got here to me and defined the accountability to do higher good and stick with it the goals of your entire state after which the nation, I do see benefit in it,” Paes stated at a grand felicitation on Wednesday organised by BTA and Dakshin Kalikata Sansad, one of many golf equipment the place he took his first tennis classes.

“I’m very grateful for the religion reposed on me, as I do know there might be some huge footwear that I’m getting into. I do know there might be individuals who might be judging me whether or not I can govern and run an affiliation as an athlete. I’ve at all times let my racket do the speaking so, I might fairly be a pupil and study from my mentors like Chatterjee,” Paes, who turned the primary Asian to be inducted into the Worldwide Tennis Corridor of Fame in 2024, stated.