India's Asian Games' Contingent to be led by Ankita Raina & Rohan Bopanna
By: WE Staff | Wednesday, 21 June 2023
On September 23, the Asian Games 2023 will be hosted in Hangzhou, China. The tournament will go on till October 8, 2023, when prominent Tennis players Ankita Raina and Rohan Bopanna will captain the Indian tennis team for the tournament.
Ankita Raina, who is the winner of a bronze medal in singles at the 2018 Asian Games, and ranked 206th on the WTA rankings. Ankita is also the highest-ranked Indian woman's doubles player. She will serve as the team's captain. Karman Kaur Thandi, Rutuja Bhosale, Sahaja Yamalapalli, Vaidehi Chaudhari, and Prarthana Thombare are active members of the team.
The All India Tennis Association (AITA) stated that a 12-player team for the continental quadrennial games, with doubles specialist Rohan Bopanna serving as India's representative in the Tennis tournament. He has clinched two titles of ATP this year and is also a gold medalist in men's doubles at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta.
Sumit Nagal and Sasikumar Mukund are most likely to compete in the singles.
Rohan Bopanna will most likely to team up with Ramkumar Ramanathan. The other two members of the team will be Yuki Bhambri and Saketh Myneni who are already paired on the ATP Tour.
Women's Squad
- Rutuja Bhosle
- Ankita Raina
- Prarthana Thombare
- Sahaja Yamalapalli
- Karman Kaur Thandi
- Vaidehi Chaudhari
- Ankita Bhambri (Non-playing Captain)
Men's Squad
- Rohan Bopanna
- Ramkumar Ramanathan
- Yuki Bhambri
- Mukund Sasikumar
- Sumit Nagal
- Saketh Myneni
- Rohit Rajpal (Non-playing Captain)