Keeping the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in mind, the sports ministry has included the doubles duo of Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan in the TOPS scheme. read more

India host Italy here in a qualifier on the grass courts of the Calcutta South Club courts on February 1 and 2. Italy have a 4-1 head-to-head record but India won the last time they played in Kolkata, in 1985. read more

Bopanna lost just four points on his serve during the entire match as the top seeded Indians produced a dominating 6-3 6-4 win over British pair of Luke Bambridge and Jonny O’Maara. read more

The match had all the ingredients of a thriller in which the top seeds eventually prevailed 6-7(4) 6-4 17-15 after one hour and 45 minutes read more

An AITA source told PTI that the new selection committee, led by Rohit Rajpal, has largely gone by the rankings. “It picked the best four available singles players and the top-two doubles player,” said the source. read more

Sharan, who briefly became India’s number one doubles pair, and veteran Bopanna recently joined forces, keeping in mind the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. read more

The left-handed Sharan, who has been one of the most consistent players on the doubles circuit with partner Artem Sitak, has held the numero uno position in the country for the first time in his career. read more

This is for the first time that the government has decided to visit the players in their respective areas to individually felicitate them in the middle of the people of the area. read more

Recently-crowned US Open champion Novak Djokovic’s decision to opt out of the play-offs along with world number 33 Filip Krajinovic has raised hopes of an equal contest between the two teams. read more

Sriram Balaji was included in the side for the September 14-16 away tie as a replacement for Divij Sharan, who pulled out due to a tear in his serving shoulder. read more

Divij Sharan, who won the men’s doubles gold with Rohan Bopanna in Palembang, has suffered a tear in his shoulder and Yuki Bhambri’s knee injury flared up at the US Open, where he lost in the first round to Frenchman Pierre-Hugues Herbert. read more

The reigning Asian Games champion pair of Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan will be playing the doubles while three singles players will be Yuki Bhambri, Ramkumar Ramanathan and Prajnesh Gunneswaran. read more

Divij Sharan and Rohan Bopanna defeated Aleksander Bublik and Denis Yevseyev of Kazakhstan 6-3 6-4 in a 52-minute final to claim India’s first tennis gold of the ongoing Games. read more

Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan defeated Denis Yevseyev and Aleksandr Bublik of Kazakhstan 6-3, 6-4 in the men’s doubles final to clinch the gold medal at the Asian Games 2018. read more

The allowance is sanctioned by the Sports Ministry but it is the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) which is in charge of ensuring the athletes get the allowance. read more