New Delhi [India], India's star players Rohan Bopanna and N Sriram Balaji will represent the country in the men's doubles tennis event at the Paris 2024 Olympics, the All India Tennis Association (AITA) announced on Thursday.
Meanwhile, Balachandran Manikath will be the team coach and Rebecca Van Orscheugen will travel with the team as a physiotherapist.
Bopanna, ranked fourth in the world, had several Indian tennis players to choose from as his partner for the Paris 2024 Games, but he chose world number 67 Sriram Balaji, who will be making his Olympic debut.
“We are proud to announce that Rohan Bopanna and N. Sriram Balaji have qualified for the Paris Olympics 2024! Along with coach Mr. Balachandran Manikkath and physio Ms. Rebecca V. Oreshagen, we are looking forward to making our mark on Are ready for.World Forum,” AITA wrote on X.
Bopanna, 44, will be competing in his third Summer Olympics after making his debut in London in 2012.
Bopanna and Mahesh Bhupathi reached the second round of the men's doubles tournament at London 2012.
Bopanna and Sania Mirza lost the mixed doubles bronze match at Rio 2016, narrowly missing out on a historic medal. Bopanna and Leander Paes, India's only Olympic medalist in tennis, competed in the men's doubles, but failed to progress beyond the first round.Bopanna could not participate in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Bopanna had won the Australian Open men's doubles title with Australian partner Matthew Ebden earlier this year and reached the French Open semi-finals last week. Sumit Nagal earned a quota for India based on ATP rankings in singles, but was not named in the squad on Thursday.
The tennis tournament at the 2024 Olympics will take place at Roland Garros from July 27 to August 4.
Meanwhile, Balachandran Manikath will be the team coach and Rebecca Van Orscheugen will travel with the team as a physiotherapist.
Bopanna, ranked fourth in the world, had several Indian tennis players to choose from as his partner for the Paris 2024 Games, but he chose world number 67 Sriram Balaji, who will be making his Olympic debut.
“We are proud to announce that Rohan Bopanna and N. Sriram Balaji have qualified for the Paris Olympics 2024! Along with coach Mr. Balachandran Manikkath and physio Ms. Rebecca V. Oreshagen, we are looking forward to making our mark on Are ready for.World Forum,” AITA wrote on X.
Bopanna, 44, will be competing in his third Summer Olympics after making his debut in London in 2012.
Bopanna and Mahesh Bhupathi reached the second round of the men's doubles tournament at London 2012.
Bopanna and Sania Mirza lost the mixed doubles bronze match at Rio 2016, narrowly missing out on a historic medal. Bopanna and Leander Paes, India's only Olympic medalist in tennis, competed in the men's doubles, but failed to progress beyond the first round.Bopanna could not participate in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Bopanna had won the Australian Open men's doubles title with Australian partner Matthew Ebden earlier this year and reached the French Open semi-finals last week. Sumit Nagal earned a quota for India based on ATP rankings in singles, but was not named in the squad on Thursday.
The tennis tournament at the 2024 Olympics will take place at Roland Garros from July 27 to August 4.
