New Delhi
\nDoubles specialist Rohan Bopanna, recuperating from a shoulder injury, will skip the ATP Rogers Cup beginning in Toronto tomorrow, 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 Wimbledon.<\/p>\n
Bopanna and his French partner Edouard Roger-Vasselin had conceded their men\u2019s doubles second round match after the Indian suffered the injury on July 6.<\/p>\n
Bopanna had also planned to play the Bastad event with Divij Sharan, his men\u2019s doubles partner at the Asian Games, but his injury did not let him participate.<\/p>\n
\u201cRohan 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,\u201d India\u2019s men\u2019s squad captain Zeeshan Ali said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe is losing about 1000 points by not playing these two weeks but he thought it\u2019s a better decision to save his shoulder for the Asian Games. So he is reaching Palembang on August 14 to get used to the conditions. We will reach on August 16. The singles matches start on August 19 and the doubles start a day later,\u201d Zeeshan, the Davis Cup coach, said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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