India will dominate CWG 2010 tennis, asserts Bhupathi

With less than a year to go for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Mahesh Bhupathi has shot off a warning to his rivals, asserting that India will win all the gold medals in tennis.

''With me, Leander, Somdev, Rohan (Bopanna) and Sania all being there, of course, we are hoping to win every gold medal there is in tennis,'' Bhupathi told mediapersons on the sidelines of an event in the capital today.

Talking about his plans for the next year, Bhupathi said, ''I am playing the mixed doubles at the Australin Open with Sania. We are ranked third in the world as a team and hopefully we will do well.'' ''We will also play as a team in the Commonwealth Games, so the more we play together, the better it is,'' he added.

Bhupathi will rejoin his former doubles partner Max Mirnyi next season and the 35-year-old is looking forward to his second stint with the Belarusian.

''Hopefully it will be (lucky). It is not a new partnership, we have played together on the Tour and done extremely well. I am looking forward to it,'' he quipped.