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There's no doubt that the best singles players are good at doubles when they play it -- especially if they have a good volley. Many of the great singles players used to play singles early on -- Connors (with Nastase), J McEnroe (with Peter Fleming), Ken Rosewall (with his singles rival Lew Hoad), Newcombe (with Roche). Some, like Laver and Lendl (who didn't have a reliable volley), somehow never won much in doubles. There always were doubles specialists, but not as extreme as the last 25 years: Fleming and Roche were doubles specialists who were pretty good singles players too, as was Fred Stolle (who won two Slam singles in the amateur era, but won 10 Slam doubles titles). Paes was somewhat like Fleming, but there were few pure doubles specialists like Bhupathi (or Bopanna, Sharan, Raja) before the 1990s. Now there are doubles specialists who were never even ranked in the top 500 in singles. That's quite extreme, and only possible because the main singles player have no time for doubles.
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Until the late 80's it was quite the norm that the top doubles team were  good singles player and actively played both the formats, McEnroe was the last top class singles player who played both the formats

Doubles underwent a drastic transformation with the arrival of Ken Flach/Roberto Seguso who proved that the Tennis could be played and make a decent living by playing only Doubles and after that down the years inspired a new breed of players who relied solely playing half the court and completely ignoring singles play.
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Dang! Rome wasn't built in a day, but Bopavalov lost their first round doubles match today 4-6, 4-6 to Daniell & Oswald at the Italian Open/Rome Masters 2021. I was hoping for better after last week in Madrid. Oh well.
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This week at the ATP Geneva Open, Rohan Bopanna is playing with Franko Skugor of Croatia, not Shapavalov, with whom he did well in Madrid. Higher rank means you can be in a steady relationship, lower rank means you end up having more one-tournament stands. :p
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They got a first round walkover but lost in quarter final.

At Gonet Geneva Open ATP 250, Switzerland (Clay)

[R1] (4) Rohan Bopanna (IND) / Franko Skugor (CRO) d. Pablo Cuveas (URU)/ Guido Pella (ARG) walkover

[QF] (4) Rohan Bopanna (IND) / Franko Skugor (CRO) l. Ariel Behar (URU) / Gonzalo Escobar (ECU) 36 63 11-13
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Rohan and Skugor were top seeds in Belgrade but lost in first round,

At ATP 250, Belgrade, Serbia, Clay

[R1] (1) Rohan Bopanna (IND) / Franko Skugor (CRO) l. Fredrico Delbonis (ARG) / Artem Sitak (NZL) 36 64 8-10
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Delbonis is partnering Divij Sharan at the FO, and Sitak is a former partner of Divij's. Where is Mr Sharan?
OK, he lost in R1 at Belgrade too with JP Smith. Bopanna and Sharan should have partnered each other, since they are being funded heavily for the Olympics -- precisely so that they may play as a pair in Tokyo.
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Bopanna has asked AITA to clarify what the qualifying rules for doubles at the Olympics are this year. Singles gold medalist at the Asian Games (Istomin) will have a place in the singles draw, but will the same apply to the Asian Games doubles gold medalists (Bopanna/Sharan)? If not, it will be very difficult for them to get in with their current rankings.

Rohan has also confirmed that he and Divij are planning to play a number of grass events together if they qualify for the Olympics.
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AITA cannot do much in this respect as there is no spot reserved for Asiad doubles gold medalists which is clear from the outset. So, the only way Rohan and Divij can make it is thru their rankings. As of now, it looks like they will not make the cut. But, their hopes hinge on if many of the top players decide not to travel to Tokyo for Olympics.

If they gain a spot or not will be clear only by June 22. So, he cannot wait for that to decide if he plays couple of grass tournaments with Divij. I think whatever happens in terms of olympics qualifying, they should enter together whatever tournaments they can for now. As it is, they are not winning much with different partners.
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I think they are getting paid by the Indian government for Olympics preparation. They had better play together right away and not waste any time.
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Quite frankly, given the magnitude of the funding they are receiving, it is a gigantic travesty that they AREN'T playing together yet. The AITA should have ensured a minimum amount of conditionality before releasing the funds.
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Just saw that Rohan and Divij are in the entry list together for Halle ATP 500 in couple of weeks time and also at Wimbledon. So, looks like they will play the entire grass season together except Stuttgart next week where Rohan is paied with his French open partner Skugor.
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^^ That is nice to see.
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Just saw a news item about six French football fans who ended up in Bucharest instead of Budapest. It reminded me of the time Rohan ended up in Halle (Salle) in "East" Germany when he should have been in Halle (North Rhine-Westphalia) in "West" Germany. :D Interestingly Rohan and Divij were at Halle recently. I wonder if that particular episode is there in this thread.
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Posted Fri Jun 04, 2010 8:26 am in this thread:
suresh wrote: Fri Jun 04, 2010 4:26 pm Looks like Rohan and his trainer ended up at the wrong Halle (Salle) -- near Leipzig in erstwhile East Germany instead of the one in North-Rhine Westphalia in erstwhile West Germany. Luckily, a correctable error and it means he gets to travel another four hours eighteen minutes to get to his tournament venue -- had me laughing even though I sympathise with him. A very useful thing to remember (about Germany) is that they put the river or state name in brackets to distinguish places. So one has Frankfurt an der Oder and Frankfurt am Main is another such example.


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@rohanbopanna wrote:RT@shayamalv:After arriving at the WRONG Halle, we now on route to the right one.Seen the entire German countryside by train.. Santa Maria!!
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