Rohan Bopanna Sets Sight On Paris Olympics After Australian Open Triumph

12.02.2024 - 19:15 sports.ndtv.com

The reigning Australian Open men's doubles champion Rohan Bopanna has set his sight on the Paris Olympics 2024 starting July 26 after winning his maiden men's doubles grand slam. "I think Olympics is very much in the pipeline.

It is going to be amazing that we will be having a tennis team participating at Olympics but before that I have a lot of Masters series like Indian Wells, Miami then the clay court season begins.

We have the French Open and Wimbledon. So, we have so many events before the Olympics. You know for tennis calendar it is pretty busy.

Every week there is a tournament. So, a lot of wonderful things to look forward to and excited for the seaosn coming up," said Rohan Bopanna while speaking to ANI.

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