New Delhi: Indian tennis star Sania Mirza has confirmed that she will participate in the upcoming Asian Games to be held in Incheon from September 19 to October 4.
The All India Tennis Association said that Sania, who recently won the US Open mixed doubles title, has revoked her decision to pull out of the multi-disciplinary event owing to her WTA commitments.
Earlier, the AITA had allowed Sania Mirza, Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna to skip the Asian Games for ATP and WTA events with the players saying that they had an obligation to earn their "bread and butter" on the professional tour.
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Leading singles player Somdev Devvarman was the first to pull out of the Games, the dates of which are clashing with many ATP and WTA events on the circuit, where Indian players have a lot of points to defend.
