Indian tennis star Leander Paes has been nominated as vice-president of the Bengal Tennis Association (BTA).

The decision was taken at the 67th Annual General Meeting of the BTA held at the BTA complex in Kolkata.

"Leander has shown keen interest for the development of tennis in the state. So, we have included him in the BTA top management keeping in mind the interest of the game," said BTA secretary Hironmoy Chatterjee.

Chatterjee was re-elected to the post this time also.

Sushil Mehrotra was elected the president.

Leander Paes won the doubles championship of US Open. It is the eighth Grand Slam title in his entire career. Paes with his Zimbabwean partner Carla Black gave stiff competition to the opposition team to earn the mixed title of grand slam.

Both Leander Paes and Carla Black defeated Liezel Huber of the US and Jamie Murray of Great Britain in an interesting competition. They won the match with 7-6 (8-6), 6-4 at the Arthur Ashe Stadium. Leander Paes is also battling to win the men's doubles final with Czech partner Lukas Dlouhy.

Just over a month before the decisive World Group play-off match against Romania, Leander Paes has resigned as the captain of the Indian Davis Cup team on Tuesday.

The All-India Tennis Association (AITA) has named S.P. Misra for the World Group play-off in September against Romania. After losing the Olympics doubles tennis event in Beijing 35 year old Paes informed about his decision to AITA secretary general Anil Khanna.

It must be remembered here that players like Bhupathi and Amritraj had revolted against Paes before India’s previous Davis Cup tie against Japan in Delhi in April.

Leander Paes has decided not to play as a captain of the Indian team in the forthcoming Davis cup tournament. The tournament is scheduled in September. SP Misra is expected to act as a non-playing captain for the team. SP Misra has expressed happiness on his appointment. He termed it as an honor for him to lead the team of two great champion players and two highly talented youngsters. The first mach will be played against Romania. The team will include Paes, Mahesh Bhupathi, Somdev Dev Varman and Prakash Amritraj.

On the pleasant evening of Tuesday at Olympic Green Tennis Centre, Leander Peas