End of an era: Rohan Bopanna announces retirement from professional tennis
The 45-year-old confirmed his decision on Saturday, just days after playing his final ATP match at the Paris Masters, where he partnered Alexander Bublik. T
The 45-year-old confirmed his decision on Saturday, just days after playing his final ATP match at the Paris Masters, where he partnered Alexander Bublik. T
India’s Rohan Bopanna and his Czech partner Adam Pavlasek put up a spirited fight but were knocked out of the French Open on Sunday by second seeds Harri Heliovaara and Henry Patten.
Rohan Bopanna has been playing tennis for ages and has paraded his wares on the famous red clay of Roland Garros here for a number of years, but even for him coming back to represent his country with partner Sriram Balaji in the 2024 Olympic Games is something “special”.
Bopanna also became the oldest player to achieve No.1 ranking in men's doubles.
The Rohan-Rutuja duo struggled in the initial set of the match and lost the first set against Chinese Taipei's En-shuo Liang and Tsung-hao Huang by 6-2.
The Indo-Canadian pair sealed a 6-2, 3-6, 10-7 win in a match that lasted 74 minutes on Thursday night to enter the last four of the ATP 500 event.
Rohan Bopanna and Nadiia Kichenok never looked as equal competitors against the world number five pair of Nektic and Krejcikova.
Leander Paes and Jele Ostapenko rallied from behind to win their Australian Open first-round match 6-7(4) 6-3 10-6 in about an hour and 27 minutes.
Mirza will, however, play in the women's doubles event.
The duo of Sharan and Sitek won their first-round Australian Open match in straight sets of 6-4, 7-5 against Pablo Carreno Busta and Joao Sousa.
