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Sports Home Olympics 2020 News One Shouldnt Be Dependent On Withdrawal Of Other Players AITA SecretaryGeneral On Rohan Bopannas Comments

"One Shouldn't Be Dependent On Withdrawal Of Other Players": AITA Secretary-General On Rohan Bopanna's Comments

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All India Tennis Association Secretary-General Anil Dhupar responded to Rohan Bopanna's comments, saying "one shouldn't be dependent on withdrawal of other players" to qualify for Olympics.

  • Asian News International
  • Updated: July 19, 2021 08:30 pm IST
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"One Shouldn't Be Dependent On Withdrawal Of Other Players": AITA Secretary-General On Rohan Bopanna's Comments
Rohan Bopanna in action at Wimbledon 2021.© AFP

Highlights

  • AITA Secretary-General responded to Rohan Bopanna's comments on Twitter
  • Bopanna said AITA has "mislead" players over Olympic qualification
  • Tokyo Olympics will begin on July 23

The All India Tennis Association (AITA) Secretary-General Anil Dhupar on Monday hit back at tennis star Rohan Bopanna saying that "one shouldn't be dependent on withdrawal of other players" to secure an Olympic berth. Bopanna had slammed AITA for misleading the players and everyone else over the Tokyo Olympics qualification. The tennis player said International Tennis Federation (ITF) never accepted an entry for him and Sumit Nagal and had made it clear that no changes were allowed after the deadline of nomination unless there was an injury or illness.

"ITF has never accepted an entry for Sumit Nagal & myself. ITF was clear that no changes were allowed after the nomination deadline (22nd June) unless Injury/Illness. AITA has mislead the players, government, media and everyone else by stating we still have a chance (sic)," Bopanna tweeted.

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The AITA Secretary-General cleared the air about qualifications for Tokyo Olympics and said the federation has done its very best to make sure maximum players could get a chance to feature in the Games.

"We have taken extraordinary efforts to ensure that our men's doubles entry are done unfortunately Divij and Rohan's entries were not accepted and were still on the waiting list, then all of sudden Sumit got an entry for singles. We got in touch with Sumit on whether to go or not to go. And by the time he confirmed we had already confirmed to ITF that he will be playing," Dhupar told ANI.

"All formalities started on June 17 and we also wrote taking a chance that if Sumit being single's player is also entitled to have a doubles partner. So that's why we changed the nomination from Rohan-Divij to Rohan and Sumit for the Tokyo Olympics.

"All offices were closed on Saturday and Sunday, ITF is closed. I don't know why he is saying all this. If you are so good why are you depending on people's withdrawal? You are a world-class player you should enter the Olympics on your own, why are you depending on withdrawal.

"I don't understand..and where is the problem from the federation. AITA has done its very best to ensure that Rohan and doubles players go to the Olympics so that we also get a chance to play mixed doubles. Entry into the Olympics is not in the hand of the federation. There is law and provisions for that," Dhupar explained.

Dhupar also said AITA has not misled anyone and players who have missed on Olympics berth have done so because of their rankings.

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"We have not misled, we have tried our best to have them on board, they have not made it because of their rankings. If they haven't accepted Rohan and Sumit then Rohan and Divij's nominations is still there. We are still trying to send Sumit, what can I do if Rohan's name is not accepted by ITF," said Dhupar.

In men's singles, Nagal qualified for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics on the basis of withdrawals.

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The 23-year-old currently sits at 154 in the ATP rankings. He achieved a career-high No. 122 on August 24, 2020 after reaching Prague, CZE Challenger quarter-final.

He broke into the top 200 on July 29, 2019 after qualifying at Hamburg and earned 1st ranking point at the age 16 on November 25, 2013.

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Nagal has also captured ATP Challenger Tour titles in 2017 Bangalore and 2019 Buenos Aires.

Earlier this month, Sania Mirza and Ankita Raina were confirmed to represent India in women's doubles at the Olympics after entries were officially announced.

Sania is now set to become the first female athlete to represent India at four Olympics when she features at the Tokyo 2020, set to get underway from July 23 while Ankita Raina will be making her debut at the showpiece event.

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