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.

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)