The 123rd version of the French Open is underway on the nation’s capital in Paris as one of the best players all over the world look to show their affect on the clay-court event. The event’s huge wigs are in motion with all eyes on them for the second Grand Slam of the yr.
While Rafael Nadal (knocked out), Novak Djokovic, Iga Swiatek and Daniil Medvedev, amongst others pull the eyes of the spectators, Indian followers would additionally need their stars to shine on the Roland Garros. Here are the Indian players that includes on the French Open 2024:
Sumit Nagal: After 5 years an Indian featured in the Singles occasion of the French Open. Nagal, who went right down to Russia’s Karen Khachanov in the primary spherical on Monday, was the primary Indian after Prajnesh Gunneswaran (2019) to take part in the Men’s Singles of the Roland Garros. However, his problem is over as he has been knocked out now.
Rohan Bopanna: Indian legend Bopanna can also be that includes in the event in the lads’s doubles and blended doubles class. He will associate together with his Aussie associate Matthew Ebden in the event. The duo are seeded second in the competitors and are among the many favourites to win the title.
Bopanna may even have a partnership with Russia’s Veronika Kudermetova in the blended doubles. The duo are unseeded in this class.Â
Notably, Bopanna is World No.4 in the lads’s doubles class. He turned the No.1 doubles participant in January this yr, changing into the oldest participant in the world to rank No.1 at 43 years of age.
Yuki Bhambri: Indian star Yuki Bhambri may even be in motion on the Roland Garros. The 31-year-old Indian will probably be pairing France’s Albano Olivetti in the lads’s doubles. The two will face Roman Safiullin and John Peers in the opening spherical of the doubles occasion.
Bhambri has achieved his career-best ATP rankings in the doubles as he’s now ranked World No.52. He made a two-place soar in the most recent rankings. Bhambri is the second-best Indian in males’s doubles.
