Tokyo postponement could delay retirement for India's Paes


  • Tennis
  • Thursday, 26 Mar 2020

FILE PHOTO: Tennis - Australian Open - Mixed Doubles Second Round - Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia, January 22, 2019. India's Leander Paes in action during the match against Germany's Anna-Lena Groenefeld and Colombia's Robert Farah. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File photo

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Veteran Indian tennis player Leander Paes is contemplating extending his career by another year to bid for an eighth Olympic appearance following the postponement of the Tokyo Games to 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Paes, who will turn 47 in June, announced late last year that 2020 would be his "farewell year" as a professional before he hangs up his racket.

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