All India Tennis Association (AITA) yesterday condemned tweets by tennis stars Rohan Bopanna and Sania Mirza over qualification of players for Tokyo Olympics. “Twitter comments by Rohan Bopanna and then Sania Mirza are inappropriate, misleading and it appears, without knowledge of the rules. They should have checked the rule book of ITF regarding qualifications, something…
‘Indo-Pak Express’ back again after six years
March 4, 2021The much-popular Indo-Pak pairing of Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-haq Qureshi will be back after six years when they compete at the Acapulco ATP 500 event in Mexico from Mar. 15. It will be first time that Bopanna and Aisam, known as ‘Indo-Pak Express’ will play together since they last competed at the ATP 250 event…
Leander Paes’ last Australian Open outing comes to an end
January 29, 2020Rohan Bopanna keeps Indian challenge alive Veteran Leander Paes’ last Australian Open outing came to an end after he and partner Jelena Ostapenko were knocked out of the Mixed Doubles competition, going down in straight sets to Jamie Murray and Bethanie Mattek-Sands here on Tuesday. The 46-year-old Paes and Latvia’s Ostapenko, the 2017 French Open…
Davis Cup: Bopanna, Myneni lose doubles but India still in hunt
September 16, 2018Serbia: Rohan Bopanna and Saketh Myneni lost the do-or-die doubles rubber against Serbia as India conceded an unassailable 0-3 lead to lose the Davis World Group Play-off tie. However, India can still have a shot at the qualification for the Davis Cup finals in five months from now as per new rules. After losing both…
French Open: Yuki crashes out, Bopanna advances
May 30, 2018Roland Garros: Yuki Bhambri’s maiden appearance at the French Open ended with a first round defeat even as Rohan Bopanna began his Men’s Doubles campaign with an easy win along with French partner Edouard Roger-Vasselin, here on Tuesday. Yuki lost his opening Men’s Singles match 4-6, 4-6, 1-6 to Belgium’s Ruben Bemelmans in straight sets….
Australian Open: Croatian-Canadian pair M.Pavic and G.Dabrowski wins mixed doubles title
January 28, 2018Indo-Hungarian tennis pair Rohan Bopanna and Timea Babos went down in a closely contested Australian Open mixed doubles final, losing 6-2, 4-6, 9-11 to eighth seeded Croatian-Canadian pairing of Mate Pavic and Gabriela Dabrowski at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne this morning. This was Bopanna’s third Grand Slam final, only to lose it in…
Australian Open: Bopanna-Babos enter semis
January 25, 2018India’s Rohan Bopanna and Timea Babos of Hungary entered the mixed doubles semifinals at the Australian Open with a straight-set win over Colombian Juan Sebastian Cabal and Abigail Spears of USA, here yesterday. The fifth seeded Indo-Hungarian pair took one hour and 15 minutes to get the better of Cabal-Spears duo 6-4 7-6 (5) in…
Rohan Bopanna wins French Open mixed doubles title to clinch maiden Grand Slam
June 9, 2017Canada’s Gabriela Dabrowski and India’s Rohan Bopanna hold aloft the trophy after winning the French Open mixed doubles title in Paris yesterday. The pair defeated Germany’s Anna-Lena Groenefeld and Colombian Robert Farah 2-6, 6-2 (12-10). The match went to super tiebreakers where the Indo-Canadian pair held their nerves and won the set 12-10 to win…
After Rohan Bopanna,Paes exits Indian Wells
March 12, 2017Leander Paes and his Argentine partner Juan Martin de Porto crashed out in the opening round of the men’s Doubles event to bring an early closure to India’s challenge at the ATP Indian Wells Masters, here. Paes and Del Porto were no match for Luxembourg’s Gilles Muller and American Sam Querry as they suffered straight…
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