Rohan Bopanna: Our aim is to qualify for the ATP London Finals
Following a gold medal at the Asian Games and a title at the Maharashtra Open, the Indian pairing of Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan suffered a major setback when the duo lost in the Opening Round of the Mens Doubles.
Speaking to Hindu, Bopanna said, you dont want to lose in the first round but we played a good match against a team that have been playing together for a longer time than us and has even made the finals of a Slam in the past.
Despite this bumper in the road, both the players are ranked inside the Top-40 of Mens Doubles. I feel it will take two to three months to understand each other. After Pune, we would have loved to do well but over the next few days and weeks, we will be practising to build on that partnership.
We hope to get into most major tournaments and our aim is to qualify for the ATP Finals in London as a team, Bopannna assessed. He then spoke about the partnership with Sharan, This is a fresh partnership.
But by only playing matches and having the coach watch videos of our match, we will get better. I have played against left-right combinations and it is not easy to get into a rhythm. So once we can start working it into our strength, we will get better.
He went deeper into the partnership, saying that an Indian partnership will benefit Indian tennis in times to come. It is not just about things on the tennis court but even off-court it is good to have someone from your own country.
It helps raise the profile of the game seeing two Indians fighting amongst the best and hopefully we can inspire some young kids. Roger Federer: My daughter is okay with me losing at the Australian Open
