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• Paes quits as Indian Davis Cup captain after Olympic truce with rival Bhupathi

  8/22/08 11:31 PM | Johan Lindahl
  The Olympic peace treaty brokered among the Indian doubles team has broken down with the end of the Games, with Leander Paes resigning as the country's Davis Cup captain.
  
  The man who played the skipper's role for two years amid bad blood between himself and former doubles partner Mahesh Bhupathi player profile" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #000;">Mahesh Bhupathi called it a day a week after the pair lost in the Beijing quarter-finals to eventual champion Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka.
  
  The reign of Leander Paes player profile" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #000;">Leander Paes player profile" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #000">Paes was marked by a players' revolt and required a peace initiative to get Leander Paes player profile" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #000;">Leander Paes player profile" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #000">Paes to team with Bhupathi at the Olympics. The 35-year-old will stay on the Davis team as a doubles player for September's play-off tie in Romania.
  
  Leander Paes player profile" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #000;">Leander Paes player profile" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #000">Paes won Olympic silver 12 years ago in Atlanta and has 83 overall Davis wins and 31 defeats since a 1990 debut.
  
  Leander Paes player profile" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #000;">Leander Paes player profile" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #000">Paes and Bhupathi, holder of a trio of Grand Slam doubles crowns from 1999, had had their ins and outs personally despite jelling when required on court.
  
  
  
  

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