AMAZING SETTING. IT IS TRULY A PRIVILEGE. AND I'M SO HAPPY THAT NOT JUST ONE MAN FROM INDIA, BUT TWO MEN FROM INDIA WON THIS AWARD. THE FIRST TWO ASIANS MEN TO DO THIS BETTER LATE THAN LATER. BUT WOW. ASTONISHING >> RECLAIMING MY TIME. >> I ONLY HAVE 2.5 MINUTES. OH, LEANDER PAES FROM KOLKATA, 18 MAJOR TITLES, EIGHT MEN'S DOUBLES TEN MIXED DOUBLES, CAREER GRAND SLAM IN DOUBLES AND IN MIXED WITH VERY MANY DIFFERENT PARTNERS. 55 DOUBLES TITLES IN ALL WE WANT TWO TOGETHER FOR FINALS. LEANDER WAS ON THE FLOOR MORE THAN HE WAS RUNNING BECAUSE OF ME. ANYHOW, OLYMPIC BRONZE MEDALIST IN SINGLES, THE ONLY INDIAN MEDAL EVER IN TENNIS, PLAYED IN SEVEN OLYMPICS, SEVEN. >> AND I THINK HE COULD PLAY. >> YOU COULD PLAY THIS YEAR AGAIN. ANYHOW, RECLAIMING MY TIME, PROUDLY REPRESENTED INDIA IN DAVIS CUP AS A PLAYER AND CAPTAIN. HOLDS DAVIS CUP RECORD FOR MOST DOUBLES WINS OF ALL TIME 45. WORLD NUMBER ONE FOR 37 WEEKS. HE RECEIVED THE INDIA'S HIGHEST SPORTING AWARD IN 97, THE THIRD HIGHEST CIVIL AWARD IN 2014, FOR HIS OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO TENNIS. BUT THOSE ARE JUST NUMBERS WRITTEN IN VERY SMALL FONT. I THINK LEANDER PLAYS TENNIS THE WAY MOST OF US WOULD LIKE TO PLAY. IT'S GOT THAT OFF SPEED SERVE BIG FOREHAND SLICE BACKHAND THAT LANDS EXACTLY WHERE YOU DON'T WANT IT TO LAND. THEN THE FUN REALLY STARTS WHEN HE COMES TO THE NET. BIG FOREHAND VOLLEY, FEATHERY TOUCH, REFLEXES LIKE A LEOPARD. HE RUNS EVERY BALL DOWN IF HE CAN. IF HE CAN, HE DIVES FOR IT. THE PASSION THAT THE MAN HAS FOR THE SPORT IS INDESCRIBABLE. AND IF ALL ELSE FAILS, HE SMILES ON THE COURT AND THEN EVERYBODY'S HEART MELT. HE WAS AN ARTIST ON THE COURT, AN AMAZING ATHLETE, A VIRTUOSO. I WROTE THAT BEFORE. YOU SAID THAT HE WIELDED THE TENNIS RACKET LIKE AN ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR WIELDS THE BATON. LEANDER. IT WAS A TRULY MY HONOR TO PLAY AGAINST YOU. I ENJOYED IT A LOT MORE WHEN I PLAYED WITH YOU, YOU HAVE DONE YOUR FAMILY PROUD. YOU