IMAGE: India’s Rohan Bopanna reacts. {Photograph}: Antonio Bronic/Reuters
India’s Rohan Bopanna will emerge from his 14-day quarantine in Melbourne in a while Saturday with a spring in his step after his quest for a brand new doubles companion for subsequent month’s Australian Open lastly ended.
The previous doubles world quantity three is one among 72 gamers who’ve been confined to their lodge rooms in Melbourne after fellow passengers on the flights that introduced them to Australia examined optimistic for COVID-19.
Compounding his drawback, Bopanna was compelled into trying to find a brand new companion after Joao Sousa was unable to journey to Australia on time after testing COVID-19 optimistic.
“Enjoying with Ben McLachlan from Japan in Australian open,” Bopanna instructed Reuters in a message on Saturday. McLachlan is a New Zealand-born participant who represents Japan.
He’ll staff up with China’s Duan Yingying for the combined doubles.
In subsequent week’s ATP occasion at Melbourne Park, Bopanna will companion Denmark’s Frederik Nielsen within the males’s doubles.
Denied coaching like most different gamers, Bopanna earlier instructed Reuters he had been counting on train bands and mats to remain match.