Bopanna set to partner with Balaji in men's doubles at Paris 2024 Olympics

Indias star player Rohan Bopanna and N Sriram Balaji will represent the country in the mens doubles tennis event at the Paris 2024 Olympics the All India Tennis Association AITA announced on ThursdayMeanwhile Balachandran Manikkath will coach the team and Rebecca Van Orshaegen will travel with the side as a physiotherapistAlso ReadT20 World Cup 2024 S Sreesanth lavishes praises on Hardik PandyaBopanna 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 No 67 Sriram Balaji who would be making his Olympic debutWe are proud to announce that Rohan Bopanna and N Sriram Balaji have qualified for the Paris Olympics 2024 With Coach Mr Balachandran Manikkath and Physio Ms Rebecca V Orshaegen by their side were ready to make a mark on the world stage AITATennis ParisOlympics pictwittercomV2YQCD9t07mdash All India Tennis Association AITA__Tennis June 13 2024We are proud to announce that Rohan Bopanna and N Sriram Balaji have qualified for the Paris Olympics 2024 With Coach Mr Balachandran Manikkath and Physio Ms Rebecca V Orshaegen by their side were ready to make a mark on the world stage AITA wrote on XThe 44yearold Bopanna will compete in his third Summer Olympics after debuting in London in 2012Bopanna and Mahesh Bhupathi advanced to the second round of the mens doubles tournament in London 2012Bopanna and Sania Mirza lost the bronze match in the mixed doubles at Rio 2016 preventing them from winning a historic medal Bopanna and Leander Paes Indias lone Olympic medalist in tennis competed in the mens doubles but failed to go past the first round Bopanna was unable to attend the Tokyo 2020 OlympicsBopanna won the Australian Open mens doubles title with Australian partner Matthew Ebden earlier this year and advanced to the French Open semifinals last week Sumit Nagal earned a quota for India based on their ATP Rankings in singles but was not named to the team on ThursdayThe tennis tournament in the 2024 Olympics will take place at the Roland Garros from July 27 to August 4This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever