Today in Paris Olympics 2024, Sumit Nagal will be seen on the tennis court for the first round of tennis men's singles and Rohan Bopanna and N Sriram Balaji will be seen in the men's doubles. Let us tell you, Rohan Bopanna is the oldest player from India this time. At the same time, N Sriram Balaji is going to play his first Olympics. Let us tell you, Rohan Bopanna himself has chosen this tennis player from Coimbatore as his partner.

Balaji is the first choice of Rohan Bopanna

In May, Rohan Bopanna informed the All India Tennis Association (AITA) that Sriram Balaji was his first choice for the Olympics and the federation agreed. Yuki Bhambri and Sriram Balaji were the top names to pair with Rohan in Paris. But Rohan chose the 34-year-old Balaji because of his recent success on the ATP Challenger Tour. He won the Sardegna Open in Cagliari, Italy in April and was runner-up at the Perugia Challenger in June. Sriram Balaji has a very good serve and has a great ability to return the volley, apart from his footwork being very quick, which is very important on clay courts.

Balaji's big statement before the match

Rohan and Balaji will face the local pair of Edouard Roger-Vasselin and Fabien Rebul in the first round at Roland Garros. Balaji told News9 Sports from Paris at the pre-match press conference that he has very good players in front of him, like Roger-Vasselin is one of the top 5 players in the world. Rebul is also playing well in the circuit with different partners. Rohan knows a lot about Roger-Vasselin as he has played with him before. Both of us are doing our homework against our opponents. It is going to be interesting to play against the French team in Paris.

He further said that I reached here only five days ago on Sunday. We practiced enough and have acclimatized to the conditions here. The court conditions are different every day. It was hot for the first few days. Now the conditions are slow due to rain. We are preparing for the match day.