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Rohan Bopanna Sets Sight On Paris Olympics After Australian Open Triumph
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.
Ramkumar Ramanathan Begins Indian Challenge On Winning Note
Wild card Ramkumar Ramanathan fought back from a set down to pack off Frenchman Maxime Janvier 6-7(4), 7-5, 6-4 and advance to the second round of the Bengaluru Open in Bengaluru on Monday. The 29-year-old Indian kept his nerves despite his serve being put under pressure in the opening two sets by his higher ranked opponent to pull off a sensational victory in two hours and 26 minutes to give the home crowd a lot to cheer. Also biting the dust on the opening day of the main draw was Croatian third seed Duje Ajdukovic, who went down against Tunisia's Moez Echargui 6-2, 6-4 in an hour and 30 minutes.
Tennis Great Andy Murray's Taylor Swift Post On Super Bowl 58 Breaks The Internet
The Super Bowl 58 wouldn't just be remembered for the Kansas City Chiefs' victory over the 49ers but also for the glamour that pop star Taylor Swift injected into the contest with her appearance. Taylor, who is dating Chiefs' Travis Kelce was constantly shown on the TV sets during the match and the shutterbugs zoomed in on her as she congratulated Kelce for the Chief's triumph after the match. As Taylor became a trending topic on social media because of her Super Bowl appearance, even British tennis star Andy Murray couldn't resist speaking on the topic.
Sumit Nagal Jumps 23 Places To Break Into Top-100 Of ATP Singles Rankings
India's leading singles player Sumit Nagal on Monday jumped 23 spots to break into the top-100 of the ATP singles rankings for the first time in his career. The win at the Chennai Open challenger event on Sunday pushed Nagal to 98th in the latest singles rankings led by Serbian Novak Djokovic. Last month, Nagal had become the first Indian to beat a seeded player at a Grand Slam in 35 years when he upset then world no.27 Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan in the first round. He eventually lost to China's Juncheng Shang in the second round.
Swiatek puts past Doha titles to the back of her mind as she bids for three-peat
Iga Swiatek is going for a third straight Qatar Open title this week but the world number one said she is not coming into the tournament with the mindset of a double defending champion as this year's event is a "totally different story".
Elena Rybakina storms past Daria Kasatkina to win Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open title
Of all the days for the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open to experience adverse weather conditions, Sunday was not it.
Sinner dreaming about top ranking after Grand Slam breakthrough
Jannik Sinner is still adjusting to life as a Grand Slam champion following his Australian Open triumph but the 22-year-old Italian has set his sights on reaching the summit of men's tennis and says he is determined to get there.