While his quarter-final loss with American partner Ben Shelton will hurt, there is much for Rohan Bopanna to be positive about.
Image: ATP TourThe pair’s loss was to Monegasque Romain Arneodo and Frenchman Manuel Guinard .Arneodo/Guinard’s win was all the more jubilant, as the wildcard entrants are now into the semis.The Bopanna-Shelton pairing has been captivating, given their dissimilarities.
At the age of 45 years, Bopanna recently made history by being the oldest ever player to win a match at an ATP Masters 1000 event. He acknowledged that whilst things have started to improve for Indian tennis, there was more nurturing needed. “There’s no point I think bringing in a big major event there where hardly any Indian players are getting in. I think once we get better, we can bring in those better events, but right now we just need to bring in a lot more facilities and a lot more tournaments to the country”.
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