CURRENT AFFAIRS

2017

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which title was won by the Leander Paes and Purav Raja recently?
A
Knoxville Challenger men’s doubles title
B
French open title
C
FIFA cup title
D
2017 ATP Tour
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Paes received the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award, India’s highest sporting honor, in 1996–97; the Arjuna Award in 1990; the Padma Shri award in 2001; and India’s third-highest civilian award, the Padma Bhushan prize in January 2014, for his outstanding contributions tennis.

Detailed explanation-2: -Leander Paes won the bronze medal. Ranked 126 in the world at the time, he had entered the Atlanta Olympics as a wild card. In 1996, he was the only medalist for India, a country that finished tied 71st on the leaderboard. Paes was the first Indian, and Asian, tennis player to win an Olympic medal.

Detailed explanation-3: -Nicknamed “Indian Express", tennis legends Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes had a fallout in 2000. But, they never spoke clearly about what went wrong between them.

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