Rohan Bopanna in motion in the course of the doubles tennis match of the ATP World Tour Finals on the Inalpi Area, in Turin, Italy on November 11, 2024.
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A string of early exits on the ATP circuit has taken a toll on Sumit Nagal’s singles rating as he’s now positioned 233rd, his lowest in virtually two years after an enormous lack of 63 locations whereas 45-year-old Rohan Bopanna, who continues to be taking part in strong tennis, misplaced his place within the top-50 for the primary time in 15 years.
The final time the 27-year-old Nagal was ranked exterior the top-200 was in July 2023 when he was positioned 231. Since then he made a gentle progress on the Tour, and climbed to a career-best 68 in July 2024.
Nevertheless, he has struggled to win because the begin of the season. He was positioned contained in the top-100 in January this yr however within the final 5 months has misplaced 142 locations on the rating ladder.
On the again of his top-100 rank, he competed in 5 straight Grand Slam fundamental attracts from 2024 Australian Open however couldn’t qualify for the recently-concluded French Open in Paris.
The gulf between primary and two gamers can also be large as the subsequent greatest is Sasikumar Mukund at quantity 430 adopted by Karan Singh (445), Aryan Shah (483) and Dev Javia (621).
In doubles, Yuki Bhambri is now the nation’s No.1 participant at quantity 35 with a bounce of six locations, whereas veteran Bopanna has dropped out of the top-50 in 15 years. The 45-year-old is now positioned 53 after shedding 20 locations following his French Open marketing campaign.
On June 21, 2015, Bopanna was ranked 52nd. Final yr in January, he grew to become the oldest world primary within the doubles format. He’s nonetheless taking part in strong tennis, together with his booming serve nonetheless thought-about probably the greatest on the Tour.
N Sriram Balaji (72), Rithvik Bollipalli (72) and Vijay Sundar Prashanth (100) full India’s top-100 line-up.
Printed – June 11, 2025 02:41 am IST
