She had felt that the doubles players were making a lot of money for doing much less than the singles players while affording to carry six-member teams with them.“She doesn’t know enough facts. ROHAN BOPANNA is one of the most prominent names in Indian Tennis. That will wake her up’’, said Bopanna.Indian-American Rajeev Ram, who won the doubles title at the Australian Open this year with Joe Salisbury of Britain, pointed out that doubles was getting only 19% of the total prize money and that it could be marketed better.Except for that hot subject, it was an otherwise lively show in which Alison and Amritraj were the run-away winners for their sharp answers and entertaining exuberance.“Stephen was firing away at the start and they were on a roll. To reach the final, with my closest friend Rohan Bopanna, was special. Clickbait sensationalism is not for us, but editorial independence is — we owe it to you.Get your daily dose of Sportstar with handpicked stories delivered right to your inbox!Get your daily dose of Sportstar with handpicked stories delivered right to your inbox!To continue enjoying Sportstar, you can turn off your adblocker or subscribe to Sportstar Plus. She has played doubles and made a lot of money. With the UN, UNICEF awards, the whole world knew about us. 3 in doubles, Rohan Bopanna was speaking on the Instagram chat show Chai with Raja that was hosted by Indian doubles specialist Purav Raja and … Mahut had said, “I'm jealous!I thought I had a large staff, can you introduce me to the doubles player who travels with six people please?” 40 year old Rohan Bopanna has been a member of the Indian Davis Cup team since 2002. He picked Shoaib Akhtar ahead of Shahid Afridi for better contribution to Pakistan cricket.Stumped at being asked about the number of marriage proposals that he received, Aisam said that his wife was standing next to him, and escaped diplomatically saying “everybody is going for 100, let us go for it’’.Aisam admired Marcelo Rios, the former world No.1 from Chile, for his talent, and wants to be “more explosive on court’’ in 2021.He is engaged in charity work, for which Novak Djokovic had given him a shirt for auction, Aisam stressed that “if you cannot eradicate hunger, there will be no peace in the world’’.A remarkable player who had made the quarterfinals of Wimbledon last year, and has beaten many top players, Alison said that “a great training programme’’ could make Indian women players better.Alison closes her matches with an Indian style namaste, and said that it signified “gratefulness and peace.’’ “I do it after all my matches, to thank all the people, for the atmosphere,’’ she said.Rajeev Ram said that he was happy to win the semifinals of the Rio Olympics mixed doubles with Venus Williams, against Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna, but wanted the Indian pair to win the bronze.Rajeev picked Leander’s match against the Bryan twins, Bob and Mike, at the US Open, in partnership with Radek Stepanek, as a striking performance.When Raja said that it was the penultimate show in the series, Bopanna countered saying “you and I have no job for the next two months. India's doubles exponent Rohan Bopanna on Tuesday launched an ambitious scholarship project, aimed at providing tennis and academic education simultaneously to 60 kids at an annual cost of Rs 10 lakh each. He was speaking in the Instagram chat show Chai with Raja that was hosted by Purav Raja and featured Stephen Amritraj, world No.19 Alison Riske and doubles stars Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi and Rajeev Ram. Rohan Bopanna expressed his displeasure at former Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli for her uncharitable remarks on doubles tennis.Bopanna was understandably upset about Bartoli’s comments on the need for doubles events to be cut and the money given to players competing in the Challenger events. A global doubles phenomenon, Rohan has ranked as high as No.3 in the world; Olympic, Davis Cup, and Hopman Cup team member for India; and a recognized Champion For Peace are titles that define his illustrious career. Alison made a pretty good effort’’, said Bopanna.Quite understandably, Aisam Qureshi who had reached the US Open final with Bopanna, was the most popular, as the comments poured from the adoring fans, but he was not worldly-wise or have the memory to answer both tough and easy questions. This year's Australian Open doubles champ Rajeev Ram said that only 19% of the total prize money goes towards doubles currently and also hoped that it could be marketed better.Several other players, including current World No. Your contribution is vital to our brand of uninfluenced, boots-on-the-ground reportage that’s worth your while. It was a life-changing tournament.

Let us keep ourselves entertained’’.Support our journalism — where text and pictures intermingle so seamlessly — and help us scale up your experience as the world changes around us. Bopanna was understandably upset about Bartoli’s comments … We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. She needs a cup of coffee. I am thankful to Bopanna’’, said the 40-year-old Aisam, talking about reaching the Grand Slam final in New York in 2010.He was impressed with the efficiency of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and gave him seven out of 10.