Rohan Bopanna has set his sight on the Paris Olympics 2024 starting July 26 after winning his maiden men's doubles grand slam.
Ageless Indian tennis star Leander Paes, who completed a career Grand Slam at the Australian Open last week, says that the London Games is probably his "best" but not the "last" chance to win a second Olympic medal.
The pair made it to the elite season-ending tournament as the fifth-ranked team.
In the second singles at the Jai Club courts, Prakash Amritraj will clash against Denis Istomin.
Rohan Bopanna replaces Harsh Mankad in Davis Cup team for World Group play-off.
Indian duo of Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi stormed into the semi-finals of the ATP World Tour finals doubles competition after an easy straight-set victory over top seeds and three-time winners Bob and Mike Bryan, in London.
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Leander Paes said he wants to clear misgivings so that the country could field its best doubles team at the Doha Asian Games.
The Indo-Serbian pair will meet seeded Michael Llodra and Fabrice Santoro of France in the title match.
Their commitment to country questioned after the pull-out from the Asian Games, India's top tennis players on Wednesday tried to put their decision in perspective by saying that they have an obligation to earn their "bread and butter".
India had a good day in office as Rohan Bopanna secured his third Grand Slam semifinal berth while Leander Paes too sealed his place in the last four stage in the men's doubles competition at the Wimbledom on Tuesday.
The third seeds went down to the unseeded Croatian pair of Ivo Karlovic and Lovro Zovko at the Swiss Indoors tournament.
