In the well-known Lawn Tennis doubles team, Max Mirnyi—the partner of Mahesh Bhupati, comes from which of the following countries?
- AItaly
- BSweden
- CBelarusCorrect
- DCroatia
Explanation
The correct answer is C. Max Mirnyi is a professional tennis player from Belarus. He was a long time doubles partner of Mahesh Bhupathi, and together they won the US Open men s doubles title in 2002. Mirnyi is often nicknamed The Beast for his powerful playing style and was a former world number one in doubles.
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