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Leander Paes : The latest sportsperson to be awarded Padma Bhushan

New Dellhi:  Leander Paes and tennis are synonymous in India.The  forty year old war horse who made India proud in 1996 Atlanta Olympics by winning a bronze medal has been awarded with the third highest



In 2013, he became one of the oldest players to win a doubles champion. At the age of forty,he along with Radek Stepanek  won the Australian Open.