Busy Mahesh Bhupathi Expands His Reach

Written by: Staff on 2nd May 2013

Busy Mahesh Bhupathi Expands His Reach

epa03052357 Mahesh Bhupathi (L) and Rohan Bopanna of India in action during their semi final match against Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram of Israel at the Chennai Open 2012 tennis tournament in Chennai, India, 07 January 2012. Erlich and Ram won 4-6, 6-3 and 10-8. EPA/NATHAN G |

With increasing amounts of time on his hands as his doubles career winds down, India’s Mahesh Bhupathi is fast becoming a force to reckon with in the tennis business sphere.

While expecting to play through to the end of the current ATP season, the 38-year-old has his fingers in a number of different pies, including his recent announced commercial relationship with Andy Murray to try and build the Scotsman’s puny current brand off-court.

But Murray is not the only big project ‘Hesh’ has on his plate. Since starting some years ago to focus on the money side of the game the 12-time Grand Slam doubles titleholder has concentrated on running his management and marketing company Globosport, which he set up in India a decade ago.

The firm has represented Indian women’s icon Sania Mirza, still a big name in the home market but now basically doubles-only after having played her last WTA singles match almost a year ago and with a singles ranking approaching 700.

Bhupathi also has his name on nearly 40 tennis academies at home, with his company also running tournaments in Bangalore, Mumbai and Kolkata. As a sideline, he also dabbles in film and television production.

“There’s a lot of time in the day,” the busy man told London’s Independent. “Obviously, tennis takes maybe four or five hours a day, but the rest of the time is pretty idle, especially when you’re travelling on tour.”

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