Bopanna skips Rogers

NEW DELHI: Doubles specialist Rohan Bopanna, recuperating from a shoulder injury, will skip the ATP Rogers Cup beginning in Toronto on Monday, and will reach Palembang on August 14 to get acclimatised to the conditions ahead of the Asian Games.
It means that Bopanna will compete at the Asian Games without any competitive match since the Wimbledon Championships. Bopanna and his French partner Edouard Roger-Vasselin had conceded their men’s doubles second round after the Indian suffered the injury on July 6. The Coorgi had also planned to play the Bastad event with Divij Sharan, his men’s doubles partner at the Asian Games, but his injury did not let him participate. “Rohan has recovered from his shoulder injury but he thought it does not make sense to travel all the way to US for just one week. Those are big tournaments and you need to be match sharp.” India’s men’s squad captain Zeeshan Ali said. (PTI)