Wimbledon Tennis: Rohan Bopanna, Sumit Nagal To Play Men’s Doubles Opening Matches With Their Respective Partners Today

In Tennis, India’s Rohan Bopanna and his Australian companion Matthew Ebden will kick off their campaign at the Wimbledon Open Tennis in London this evening. Bopanna and Ebden will take on Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard and Adrian Mannarino of France in the men’s doubles first round. The Indo-Australian duo will be competing as the second seeds in the prestigious tournament. 

Another Indian, Sumit Nagal, will also mark his presence in the men’s doubles this evening. Nagal, along with his partner Dušan Lajović of Serbia, will face the Spanish duo of Pedro Martínez and Jaume Munar in the first round today.

 

Earlier in the men’s singles first round, second-seeded Novak Djokovic defeated the Czech player Vit Kopriva in straight sets,



6-3, 6-2, 6-2. Djokovic, who had to withdraw from the French Open due to a knee injury, appeared to have made a remarkable recovery, showing no signs of hesitation or discomfort on the court. Now he is set to face either home wild card Jacob Fearnley in the second round.

 

In women’s singles, Jessica Bouzas Maneiro of Spain pulled off a huge upset as she toppled the women’s defending champion, Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-2, in straight sets. Playing in only the third Grand Slam main draw of her career, World No. 83, Maneiro earned her first Grand Slam main draw victory by ousting Vondrousova in just 67 minutes. Maneiro will face Cristina Bucsa in an all-Spanish clash in the second round.