Leading sports broadcaster STAR Sports will broadcast live and exclusive coverage of the 2013 Wimbledon tennis tournament on three channels -- STAR Sports 2, ESPN and ESPN HD, starting Monday.
Wimbledon 2013 will also see a host of Indian doubles players competing. Leander Paes has been seeded fourth with Czech partner Radek Stepanek while Mahesh Bhupathi with Austrian Julian Knowle has been seeded eighth. Rohan Bopanna, with Frenchman Edouard Roger-Vasselin, has been seeded 14th.
Divij Sharan and Purav Raja will also make their first ever appearance at a Grand Slam as the Indian duo came through the qualification process.
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In the women’s doubles category, Sania Mirza is the lone Indian participant and has been seeded sixth with American and former World No. 1 doubles player, Liezel Huber.