Two-time Grand Slam champion Rohan Bopanna has announced his retirement from professional tennis. <\/p>\n
The Indian doubles legend has officially announced his retirement from tennis at the age of 43 years old. <\/p>\n
Bopanna won two Grand Slam doubles titles which included becoming the oldest Grand Slam doubles champion in history when he won the Australian Open title with Matthew Ebden last year. <\/p>\n
However, after playing in Paris with Alexander Bublik Bopanna has decided to end his professional career. <\/p>\n
In a statement on social media Bopanna has said that this won\u2019t be the last time we see him in tennis as he looks to continue his legacy, \u201cHow do you bid farewell to something that gave your life its meaning? After 20 unforgettable years on tour, it\u2019s time I\u2019m officially hanging up my racquet,\u201d Bopanna was quoted by NDTV as saying on X. <\/p>\n
\u201cFrom chopping wood in Coorg to strengthen my serve, to standing under the lights of the biggest arenas in the world \u2013 it feels surreal. Representing India has been the greatest honour of my life. I may be stepping away from competition, but my story with tennis isn\u2019t over. This game gave me everything and now, I want to give back to help young dreamers from small towns believe that their beginnings don\u2019t define their limits. That with belief, hard work, and heart \u2013 anything is possible. <\/p>\n
\u201cMy gratitude is endless and my love for this beautiful game will never fade. This isn\u2019t goodbye\u2026 it\u2019s a thank you to everyone who shaped me, guided me, supported me and loved me. You\u2019re all a part of this story. You\u2019re all a part of me. <\/p>\n
\u201cRepresenting India has been the greatest honour of my life, and every time I stepped on court, I played for that flag, that feeling, that pride.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bopanna exits his career having won 537 of his 943 doubles matches. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two-time Grand Slam champion Rohan Bopanna has announced his retirement from professional tennis. The Indian doubles legend has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":254390,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":{"0":"post-254389","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254389\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}