Undeniably the recent exchange of arguments over tennis selection for London Olympics has tensed the players to much extent and Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza is not denying either. On Monday she said that the bitter London Olympics tennis selection row created bad blood among the players.

She even went on to say that this also has strained her relationship with Mahesh Bhupathi but she has left it behind to focus on winning a medal in mixed doubles with Leander Paes.

Paes was forced to pair with lower-ranked Vishnu Vardhan in men's doubles after both Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna refused to play with him. He was paired with Sania Mirza in mixed doubles as a compromise.

"The controversy did not do anything good to anybody. It created bad blood among us and that is very unfortunate. I am happy that it is over and I can now concentrate on doing well in the Olympics with Leander and win a medal," Sania said.

Sania said that the selection row also strained her relationships with Mahesh Bhupathi."It was difficult to block the controversy from my mind and it was disturbing me. The situation did not arise because of what I said. Mahesh and I have been very good friends but the controversy did strain our friendship," she said.

That is sad really!

Source: TNN