Asian Games 2023: Tennis entry lists released, Rohan Bopanna only Top 10 player across all categories

World No. 7 Rohan Bopanna is the reigning Asian Games men’s doubles gold medallist. He and Divij Sharan had defeated Kazakhstan’s Alexander Bublik and Denis Yevseyev in the final of the 2018 edition in Indonesia.

Published : Sep 20, 2023 18:10 IST , CHENNAI - 2 MINS READ

FILE PHOTO: India’s Rohan Bopanna will compete in men’s doubles at Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.
FILE PHOTO: India’s Rohan Bopanna will compete in men’s doubles at Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. | Photo Credit: SANDEEP SAXENA/The Hindu
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FILE PHOTO: India’s Rohan Bopanna will compete in men’s doubles at Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. | Photo Credit: SANDEEP SAXENA/The Hindu

India’s Rohan Bopanna is the only Top 10 player set to compete in tennis at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, as per the entry lists released on the official website.

The 43-year-old Bopanna is World No. 7 in men’s doubles. He became the oldest men’s Grand Slam finalist in the Open Era by reaching the US Open summit clash with Australia’s Matthew Ebden this year.

Bopanna is also the reigning Asian Games men’s doubles gold medallist. He and Divij Sharan had defeated Kazakhstan’s Alexander Bublik and Denis Yevseyev in the final of the 2018 edition in Indonesia.

World No. 65 Yuki Bhambri, who partnered Bopanna in the veteran’s final Davis Cup match on Sunday, along with World No. 82 Saketh Myneni and World No. 186 Ramkumar Ramanathan are the other Indians in the men’s doubles field.

World No. 159 Sumit Nagal, India’s sole representative in men’s singles, is the fifth-highest ranked player in the field after home favourites Zhizhen Zhang (World No. 60) and Wu Yibing (World No. 98), and Japan’s Yosuke Watanuki (World No. 78) and South Korea’s Soonwoo Kwon (World No. 112).

In women’s singles, World No. 184 Ankita Raina and World No. 228 Karman Kaur Thandi are the third and seventh-highest ranked players, respectively.

Indian tennis squad for Asian Games
Men’s Singles: Sumit Nagal
Men’s Doubles: Rohan Bopanna, Yuki Bhambri, Saketh Myneni, Ramkumar Ramanathan
Women’s Singles: Ankita Raina, Karman Kaur Thandi
Women’s Doubles: Prarthana Thombare, Rutuja Bhosale
Mixed Doubles: Sumit Nagal, Rohan Bopanna, Ankita Raina, Karman Thandi

Entry List for men’s singles (along with their ATP Rankings):

Zhizhen Zhang (China) - 60
Yosuke Watanuki (Japan) - 78
Yibing Wu (China) - 98
Soonwoo Kwon (South Korea) - 112
Sumit Nagal (India) - 159
Wu Tung-Lin (Chinese Taipei) - 184
Shintaro Mochizuki (Japan) - 193
Seongchan Hong (South Korea) - 195
Beibit Zhukayev (Kazakhstan) - 297
Chun-Hsin Tseng (Chinese Taipei) - 339
Ly Hoang Nam (Vietnam) - 376
Khumoyun Sultanov (Uzbekistan) - 420
Dmitriy Popko (Kazakhstan) - 436
Wong Chak Lam Coleman (Hong Kong, China) - 458
Palaphoom Kovapitukted (Thailand) - 610
Kasidit Samrej (Thailand) - 636
Justin Barki (Indonesia) - 678
Sergey Fomin (Uzbekistan) - 699
Sina Moghimi (Iran) - 1151
Wong Hong Kit (Hong Kong, China) - 1482T
Essa Qabazard (Kuwait) - 1958T
Bader Al-Qahtani (Kuwait) - Not applicable
Leung Ho Tin Marco (Macao, China) - Not applicable
Tang Kyle Lok Yin (Macao, China) - Not applicable
Oyunbat Baatar (Mongolia) - Not applicable
Badrakh Munkhbaatar (Mongolia) - Not applicable
Abhishek Bastola (Nepal) - Not applicable
Pradip Khadka (Nepal) - Not applicable
Aqeel Khan (Pakistan) - Not applicable
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi (Pakistan) - Not applicable
Francis Casey Alcantara (Philippines) - Not applicable
Mubarak Al-Harrasi (Qatar) - Not applicable
Rashed Naif (Qatar) - Not applicable
Ammar Faleh A Al-Hogbani (Saudi Arabia) - Not applicable
Sunatollo Isroilov (Tajikistan) - Not applicable
Firuz Mukhidinov (Tajikistan) - Not applicable
Agapito Ferreira Guterres (Timor-Leste) - Not applicable
Antonio Mendes (Timor-Leste) - Not applicable

Entry List for women’s singles (along with their WTA Rankings):

Qinwen Zheng (China) - 22
Zhu Lin (China) - 31
Ankita Raina (India) - 184
Alexandra Eala (Philippines) - 191
Na Lae Han (South Korea) - 216
Haruka Kaji (Japan) - 217
Karman Kaur Thandi (India) - 228
Eudice Wong Chong (Hong Kong, China) - 238
Lanlana Tararudee (Thailand) - 249
Mananchaya Sawangkaew (Thailand) - 252
Priska Nugroho (Indonesia) - 278
En-Shuo Liang (Chinese Taipei) - 286
Sohyun Park (South Korea) - 289
Kyoka Okamura (Japan) - 323
Joanna Jessie Garland (Chinese Taipei) - 326
Adithya Karunaratna (Hong Kong, China) - 355
Zhibek Kulambayeva (Kazakhstan) - 492
Gozal Ainitdinova (Kazakhstan) - 600
Sevil Yuldasheva (Uzbekistan) - 933
Janice (Indonesia) - 1040
Meshkatolzahra Safi (Iran) - Not applicable
Iu Si Nong (Macao, China) - Not applicable
Jamie Lau (Macao, China) - Not applicable
Maralgoo Chogsomjav (Mongolia) - Not applicable
Martaa Chogsomjav (Mongolia) - Not applicable
Abhilasha Bista (Nepal) - Not applicable
Mahika Rana (Nepal) - Not applicable
Sarah Ibrahim Khan (Pakistan)- Not applicable
Ushna Suhail (Pakistan) - Not applicable
Mubaraka Al-Naimi (Qatar) - Not applicable
Khadija Gassama (Qatar) - Not applicable
Yara Faleh A Al-Hogbani (Saudi Arabia) - Not applicable
Sumaya Tukhtaeva (Tajikistan) - Not applicable
Sabrina Olimjonova (Uzbekistan) - Not applicable
Savanna Ly Nguyen (Vietnam) - Not applicable
Huynh Tran Ngoc Nhi Sophia (Vietnam) - Not applicable

Entry List for men’s doubles (along with their ATP Rankings):

Zhizhen Zhang (China) - 614
Yibing Wu (China) - 567T
Yunchaokete Bu (China) - 294
Rigele Te (China) - 443
Chen-Jui Ho (Chinese Taipei) - Not applicable
Tsung-Hao Huang (Chinese Taipei) - 375
Jason Jung (Chinese Taipei) - 688
Yu-Hsiou Hsu (Chinese Taipei) - 234
Wong Chak Lam Coleman (Hong Kong, China) - 564
Wong Hong Kit (Hong Kong, China) - 1263T
Rohan Bopanna (India) - 7
Yuki Bhambri (India) - 65
Saketh Myneni (India) - 82
Ramkumar Ramanathan (India) - 186
Nathan Anthony Barki (Indonesia) - 458
Christopher Benjamin Rungkat (Indonesia) - 248
David Agung Susanto (Indonesia) - 1003
Anthony Susanto (Indonesia) - 1002
Dmitriy Popko (Kazakhstan) - 909
Grigoriy Lomakin (Kazakhstan) - 326
Beibit Zhukayev (Kazakhstan) - Not applicable
Denis Yevseyev (Kazakhstan) - 644
Essa Qabazard (Kuwait) - 1570T
Bader Al-Qahtani (Kuwait) - Not applicable
Marco Ho Tin Leung (Macao, China) - Not applicable
Chin Lok Lam (Macao, China) - Not applicable
Oyunbat Baatar (Mongolia) - Not applicable
Sukhjargal Sukhbaatar (Mongolia) - Not applicable
Sukhbaatar Puntsag (Mongolia) - Not applicable
Oyunbold Baatar (Mongolia) - Not applicable
Abhishek Bastola (Nepal) - Not applicable
Pradip Khadka (Nepal) - Not applicable
Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (Pakistan) - 108
Aqeel Khan (Pakistan) - Not applicable
Francis Casey Alcantara (Philippines) - 239
Ruben Gonzales (Philippines) - 167
Moosa Al-Harrasi (Qatar) - Not applicable
Mubarak Al-Harrasi (Qatar) - Not applicable
Mashari Naif (Qatar) - Not applicable
Rashed Naif (Qatar) - Not applicable
Soonwoo Kwon (South Korea) - 511
Seongchan Heong (South Korea) - 642
Minkyu Song (South Korea) - 185
JiSung Nam (South Korea) - 125
Bakhtiyor Isroilov (Tajikistan) - Not applicable
Sunatollo Isroilov (Tajikistan) - Not applicable
Firuz Mukhidinov (Tajikistan) - Not applicable
Sobir Saidov (Tajikistan) - Not applicable
Maximus Jones (Thailand) - 471
Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul (Thailand) - 630
Thantub Suksumrarn (Thailand) - 704
Pruchya Isaro (Thailand) - 362
Antonio Mendes (Timor-Leste) - Not applicable
Agapito Ferreira Guterres (Timor-Leste) - Not applicable
Sergey Fomin (Uzbekistan) - 349
Khumoyun Sultanov (Uzbekistan) - 494
Maksim Shin (Uzbekistan) - 782
Amir Milushev (Uzbekistan) - Not applicable
Nguyen van Phuong (Vietnam) - Not applicable
Ly Hoang Nam (Vietnam) - 1188

Entry List for women’s doubles (along with their WTA Rankings):

Zhaoxuan Yang (China) - 26
Xinyu Wang (China) - 18
Yifan Xu (China) - 37
Xiyu Wang (China) - 303
En-Shuo Liang (Chinese Taipei) - 179
Ya-Hsuan Lee (Chinese Taipei) - 362
Hao-Ching Chan (Chinese Taipei) - 25
Yung-Jan Chan (Chinese Taipei) - Not applicable
Wong Hong Yi (Hong Kong, China) - 255
Chong Eudice Wong (Hong Kong, China) - 154
Adithya Karunaratne (Hong Kong, China) - 777
Wu Ho Ching (Hong Kong, China) - 743
Prarthana Thombare (India) - 164
Rutuja Bhosale (India) - 217
Aldila Sutjiadi (Indonesia) - 30
Janice (Indonesia) - 818
Beatrice Gumulya (Indonesia) - 256
Jessy Rompies (Indonesia) - 189
Momoko Kobori (Japan) - 190
Ayano Shimizu (Japan) - 340
Zhibek Kulambayeva (Kazakhstan) - 149
Gozal Ainitdinova (Kazakhstan) - 433
Zhanel Rustemova (Kazakhstan) - 975
Aruzhan Sagandykova (Kazakhstan) - 947
Leong Weng Si (Macao, China) - Not applicable
Iu Si Nong (Macao, China) - Not applicable
Yesugen Ganbaatar (Mongolia) - Not applicable
Sonom-Yanzum Enkhjargal (Mongolia) - Not applicable
Maralgoo Chongsomjav (Mongolia) - Not applicable
Martaa Chongsomjav (Mongolia) - Not applicable
Mahika Rana (Nepal) - Not applicable
Abhilasha Bista (Nepal) - Not applicable
Sarah Ibrahim Khan (Pakistan) - Not applicable
Ushna Suhail (Pakistan) - Not applicable
Mubaraka Al-Naimi (Qatar) - Not applicable
Khadijia Gassama (Qatar) - Not applicable
Hind Al-Mudahka (Qatar) - Not applicable
Shaikha Khalifa (Qatar) - Not applicable
Sohyun Park (South Korea) - 291
Ku Yeonwoo (South Korea) - 400
Jeong Boyoung (South Korea) - 787
Back Dayeon (South Korea) - 785
Sumaya Tukhtaeva (Tajikistan) - Not applicable
Punnin Kovapitukted (Thailand) - 302
Anchisa Chanta (Thailand) - 529
Peangtarn Plipuech (Thailand) - 197
Luksika Kumkhum (Thailand) - 153
Akgul Amanmuradova (Uzbekistan) - Not applicable
Sevil Yuldasheva (Uzbekistan) - 857
Shakhnoza Marimova (Uzbekistan) - Not applicable
Sabrina Olimjonova (Uzbekistan) - Not applicable

Entry List for mixed doubles

Zhizhen Zhang (China)
Zhaoxuan Yang (China)
Sun Fajing (China)
Wang Xiyu (China)
Jason Jung (Chinese Taipei)
Lee Pei-Chi (Chinese Taipei)
Yu-Hsiou Hsu (Chinese Taipei)
Chan Hao-Ching (Chinese Taipei)
Wong Hong Kit (Hong Kong, China)
Wong Hong Yi (Hong Kong, China)
Wong Chak Lam Coleman (Hong Kong, China)
Chong Eudice Wong (Hong Kong, China)
Sumit Nagal (India)
Karman Kaur Thandi (India)
Rohan Bopanna (India)
Ankita Raina (India)
Christopher Benjamin Rungkat (Indonesia)
Aldila Sutjiadi (Indonesia)
David Agung Susanto (Indonesia)
Beatrice Gumulya (Indonesia)
Shinji Hazawa (Japan)
Ayano Shimizu (Japan)
Kaito Uesugi (Japan)
Momoko Kobori (Japan)
Grigoriy Lomakin (Kazakhstan)
Zhibek Kulambayeva (Kazakhstan)
Tang Kyle Lok Yin (Macao, China)
Jamie Lau (Macao, China)
Khatansuikh Batbayar (Mongolia)
Anand Gankhuyag (Mongolia)
Maralgoo Chogsomjav (Mongolia)
Badrakh Munkhbaatar (Mongolia)
Abhishek Bastola (Nepal)
Abhilasha Bista (Nepal)
Pranan Khanal (Nepal)
Sunira Thapa (Nepal)
Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (Pakistan)
Ushna Suhail (Pakistan)
Aqeel Khan (Pakistan)
Sarah Ibrahim Khan (Pakistan)
Ruben Gonzales (Philippines)
Alexandra Eala (Philippines)
Mubaraka Al-Naimi (Qatar)
Issa Al-Harrasi (Qatar)
Mashari Naif (Qatar)
Safiya Al-Thani (Qatar)
Na Lae Han (South Korea)
Yun Seong Chung (South Korea)
Kim Dabin (South Korea)
Lee Jeamoon (South Korea)
Ammar Faleh A Al-Hogbani (Saudi Arabia)
Yara Faleh A Al-Hogbani (Saudi Arabia)
Firuz Mukhidinov (Tajikistan)
Sumaya Tukhtaeva (Tajikistan)
Sobir Saidov (Tajikistan)
Pruchya Isaro (Thailand)
Peangtarn Plipuech (Thailand)
Thantub Suksumrarn (Thailand)
Luksika Kumkhum (Thailand)
Amir Milushev (Uzbekistan)
Shakhnoza Marimova (Uzbekistan)
Maksim Shin (Uzbekistan)
Akgul Amanmuradova (Uzbekistan)
Nguyen van Phuong (Vietnam)
Ly Nguyen Savanna (Vietnam)
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