Rohan Bopanna, Ankita Raina to lead Indian teams at Asian Games

” New Delhi, June 20 Doubles pro Rohan Bopanna will once once more be India’s flagbearer within the tennis occasion at the Asian Diversions as the All India Tennis Affiliation (AITA) nowadays declared a 12-member squad for the mainland quadrennial games. The Asian Diversions will start in China’s Hangzhou on September 23. Sumit Nagal, who made his Asian Games debut in 2018 within the copies nearby Ramkumar Ramanathan, and Sasikumar Mukund are likely to play singles. The 43-year-old Bopanna will likely match up with Ramanathan. Yuki Bhambri and Saketh Myneni, the other two players within the squad, are as of now playing as a match on the ATP Tour. The women’s unexpected will be driven by Ankita Raina, the 2018 Asian Diversions bronze medallist within the singles. The other individuals are in-form Karman Kaur Thandi, Rutuja Bhosale, Sahaja Yamalapalli, Vaidehi Chaudhari and Prarthana Thombare. Former India player Rohit Rajpal has been named the captain of the men’s squad, whereas Ankita Bhambri will manage the women’s team. India had won one gold and two bronze decorations within the 2018 version, where the Bopanna-Divij Sharan match had crushed Kazakhstan’s Alexander Bublik and Denis Yevseyev to clinch gold. — PTI Squad Men’s team: Sumit Nagal, Sasikumar Mukund, Ramkumar Ramanathan, Yuki Bhambri, Rohan Bopanna, Saketh Myneni Women’s team: Ankita Raina, Karman Kaur Thandi, Rutuja Bhosale, Sahaja Yamalapalli, Vaidehi Chaudhari, Prarthana Thombare “

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