Paris Olympics 2024: In Paris Olympics 2024, all the athletes are going for the medal by doing amazing performances. India has won two bronze medals in shooting. Manu Bhaker won the first medal in the women’s 10m air pistol event while Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh won another bronze medal in the mixed 10m air pistol event. Some players are doing well while others are disappointing. Meanwhile, one Indian player has retired.
Indian tennis star Rohan Bopanna announced his retirement after India’s men’s doubles first-round defeat on Sunday. The 44-year-old Bopanna played for India for 22 years. He made his debut for the country in 2002. In Sunday’s match, they were beaten 5-7, 6-2 by the French pair of Gael Monfils and Edward Roger Vaselin. With this, the Indian pair was out of the competition.
Rohan Bopanna was a Grand Slam men’s doubles finalist. Won French Open in mixed doubles in 2017 and Australian Open in men’s doubles in 2024. Before the Paris Olympics, Bopanna represented India at the 2023 Asian Games, where Rohan won the mixed doubles gold medal with Rituja Bhosle.
Olympic 2024: Rohan Bopanna retires from Olympics
After losing in the first round, Bopanna announced his retirement. “This will definitely be my last tournament for the country. I know how far I have come as a player. I will continue to enjoy playing tennis as long as I continue to play. The level of success I’m at right now is kind of a bonus for me. I never thought that I will represent India for two decades. After 22 years since his debut in 2002, he got an opportunity to represent India. I am very proud of it.”
Bopanna , the world’s oldest player,
became the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) World No. 1 men’s doubles player on January 29 this year. Bopanna was 43 years old at that time. At age 43, he is the oldest player to win the world No. 1 men’s doubles title. He currently has an ATP ranking of 4.
