Indian tennis star Rohan Bopanna and his partner Matthew Ebden won the Miami Open 2024 title, their second major win this year. They defeated Croatia's Ivan Dodig and American Austin Krajicek in a thrilling match that lasted more than an hour and a half.

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Bopanna broke his record

In the final match of the Miami Open 2024, 44-year-old Bopanna created a record and became the oldest player to win the Masters 1000 title on the ATP circuit. The tennis star broke his own record, which he had created by winning the Indian Wells title last year. After winning the Miami Open, Rohan Bopanna has become the second Indian after Leander Paes to reach the finals of all 9 ATP Masters 1000 tournaments.

After trailing in the first set, Bopanna-Ebden made a spectacular comeback

Bopanna and Ebden won the Miami Open title by defeating their Croatian-American opponent by 6-7(3), 6-3, 10-6. However, Bopanna and Matthew did not have a good start, as they lost the first set by 6-7. But, the Indo-Australian pair maintained their composure and made a strong comeback in the match, winning the second set by a huge margin of 6-3 and also dominated the deciding set and won 10-16. 

Bopanna reaches No. 1 position

After Indian tennis players Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi, Rohan Bopanna has become the third Indian male player to win the title in open matches. Not only this, after this title win he has also become the No.1 ranked player in the world. Even at 44, Bopanna looks fit and there is no sign of stopping, which is a great thing for Indian tennis.

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Bopanna-Ebden played three finals this year

The pair of Bopanna and Ebden had created history in Melbourne by winning the Australian Open earlier this year. After that, 44-year-old Rohan Bopanna had come to number 1 in the men's doubles rankings. The pair have played three finals so far this year, out of which they have won 2.

Hello and welcome to Sportz Point's Paris Olympics 2024 LIVE coverage as we bring you all the updates of Day 1 from our web desk as Indian Shooters look to win medals.

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The Paris Olympics 2024 has started on 26th July with a historical opening ceremony. This time the Olympics is being organized in Paris, the capital of France. For which complete preparations have been made. This time a total of 10,500 athletes are participating in the Olympics 2024. The eyes of these athletes will be on winning medals for their respective countries. 

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Talking about India, a total of 117 athletes from India are fully ready to participate in the Olympics. Among these athletes, there are 72 players who will be a part of the Olympic Games for the first time. The eyes of the entire country are fixed on these athletes. In such a situation, let's take a look at India's complete schedule on Day 2 (July 27).

The opening day of the Paris Olympics 2024 began with the ceremony. No athlete from India participated in any sport on this day. Indian athletes will play their first game on July 27. So, let us tell you in which sports Indian athletes will be seen in action on Day 2.

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Paris Olympics 2024 Day 2 (27th July) Schedule 

Rowing

• Men's Single Sculls Heat 1 - Balraj Panwar - 12:30 PM

Shooting

• 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Qualification - Elavenil Valarivan & Sandeep Singh, Arjun Babuta & Ramita Jindal - 12:30 PM
• 10m Air Pistol Men's Qualification - Sarabjot Singh, Arjun Singh Cheema - 2:00 PM
• 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Bronze (If Qualified) - Elavenil Valarivan & Sandeep Singh, Arjun Babuta & Ramita Jindal - 4:00 PM
• 10m Air Pistol Women's Qualification - Manu Bhaker, Rhythm Sangwan - 4:00 PM
• 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Gold Medal (If Qualified) - Elavenil Valarivan & Sandeep Singh, Arjun Babuta & Ramita Jindal - 4:30 PM

Tennis

• Men's Doubles Round of 32 - Rohan Bopanna-Sriram Balaji vs Fabien Reboul-Edouard Roger-Vassellin (France) - 3:30 PM

Badminton

• Men's Singles Group Stage Match 1 - Lakshya Sen vs Kevin Cordon (Guatemala) - 7:10 PM
• Men's Doubles Group Stage Match 1 - Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty vs Lucas Corvee/Ronan Labar (France) - 8:00 PM
• Women's Doubles Group Stage Match 1 - Ashwini Ponnappa/Tanisha Crasto vs Kong Hee-yong/Kim So-yeong (South Korea) - 11:50 PM

Table Tennis

• Men's Singles Round of 128 - Harmeet Desai vs Zaid Abo Yaman (Jordan) - 7:15 PM

Hockey

• Men's Team Group Stage Match 1 - India vs New Zealand - 9:00 PM

Boxing

• Women's 54kg Round of 32 - Preeti Pawar vs Vo Thi Kim Anh (Vietnam) - 12:02 AM

There are only a few days left for Paris Olympics 2024 to start. Veteran players from all over the world are now making final preparations to win medals for their country. A total of 117 athletes will be seen representing India in the Olympics. The contingent has some young faces who will be making their debut while some players will be playing in their last Olympics. So, let's take a look at the 6 Indian players who will be featuring in their last Olympics in Paris.

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#1 Achanta Sharath Kamal

Achanta Sharath Kamal is arguably the greatest table tennis player to have graced the court representing the Indian tri-color. He will be featured in his fifth and likely his last Olympic games as he takes charge at the Paris Olympics 2024. Sharath Kamal has been selected as the flag bearer along with PV Sindhu by the Indian Olympic Committee. Born on July 12, 1982, Sharath Kamal has just recently turned 42 and will be one of the oldest athletes to participate in the Olympics. 

In his 22-year-long career, Sharath Kamal has won eight gold, three silver, and three bronze medals in Commonwealth Games. Apart from CWG's success, Sharath Kamal boasts the record of being the only player to have won the Senior National Championships for a total of 10 times. Sharath Kamal has also won two bronze medals at the Asian Games and three bronze medals at the Asian Championships.

Despite his tremendous record at the National level and in Asia, Sharath Kamal has yet to win a medal at the Olympic Games.

#2 Rohan Bopanna

Tennis superstar Rohan Bopanna will be participating in men's doubles alongside Sriram Balaji at the Paris Olympics 2024. He recently became the oldest player to be ranked number one in men's doubles. This will be Bopanna's last Olympics as the 44-year-old is the oldest member of the Indian contingent with the table tennis player Sharath Kamal being the closest as the 42-year-old. 

Since turning pro in 2003 Bopanna has been one of the flag-bearers of Indian tennis. Bopanna also has won the French Open (mixed doubles with Gabriela Dabrowski). Recently Bopanna won the Australian Open Grand Slam in January and reached the semi-finals at the French Open in June. He represented India at the London 2012 Games and Rio 2016 but an injury denied him the chance to feature at the Tokyo Olympics.

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#3 HS Prannoy

HS Prannoy, who will be making his first appearance at the Olympics, is determined to fulfill his dream of competing on the Olympics stage, even though it has come later in his career than he might have hoped.

At 32, an age when many badminton players consider retirement, Prannoy put together his best year on the circuit to become India’s No.1 shuttler, a feat he had never achieved previously. The man from Kerala is known to be one of the best Indian players to pick up the racquet. A world championship and Asian Games medalist, HS Prannoy was a crucial part of the Thomas Cup-winning Indian team in 2022. In 2023, he ended India's wait of 41 years to win a medal in the men's singles category at the 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. He also won the silver medal at the inaugural edition of the Youth Olympics in 2010 in Singapore.

#4 PR Sreejesh

A veteran of three Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, and World Cups, PR Sreejesh will be playing his fourth Olympic Games and probably his last, joining legends like Dhanraj Pillay who have represented the Indian team four times at the Olympic Games.

Having made his debut at the 2010 World Cup, Sreejesh has been part of various memorable wins for India, which include a Bronze medal in Jakarta-Palembang, joint winning team of the Asian Champions Trophy in 2018, Gold medal winning team of the 2019 FIH Men's Series Finals in Bhubaneswar and Silver medal winning team at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. The 36-year-old goalie was one of the main architects of India's historic Bronze medal win at the Tokyo Olympics.

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#5 Vinesh Phogat

Making a strong comeback to the international arena after leading a prolonged protest against former WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat locked the Paris Olympics quota. The 29-year-old Vinesh has secured her third straight Olympic quota, having featured in the 2016 Rio Games and the 2020 edition Tokyo.

The road to Paris was not easy for Vinesh Phogat. The Indian wrestler had to drop down from the 53 kg to the 50 kg weight category to compete in the event, as Antim Panghal had already secured a berth in the former category. Vinesh also underwent knee surgery, which could affect her performance in the relatively unfamiliar category she has opted for in the Paris Olympics.

#6 Manpreet Singh

India midfielder Manpreet Singh has hinted that the Paris Olympics could end up being his last one as India looks for another medal in men's hockey. 32-year-old Manpreet, who will be playing his 4th Olympics, captained the side when they broke a 41-year-old Olympic medal drought in Tokyo by bagging the bronze. Besides, Manpreet has been a member of the team that won the 2014 and 2022 Asian Games gold medals.

But the journey from Mithapur village in Jalandhar to Paris has not been smooth sailing for Manpreet. He had to fight poverty, false allegations and witness mother’s struggles to make a mark in his career. After the Tokyo Olympics, Manpreet had to endure the worst phase of his career when former coach Sjoerd Marijne leveled serious allegations against him.

Manpreet is no longer captain of the side with Harmanpreet Singh taking over the responsibility, but the star mid-fielder knows his role in the team as one of the senior-most member.

Novak Djokovic moved one win closer to capturing a record-equalling eighth Wimbledon title when he ended 25th seed Lorenzo Musetti's dream in straight sets and sought revenge on defending champion Carlos Alcaraz in the final. Novak Djokovic vs Carlos Alcaraz match will be the rematch of last year's final which the Spaniard won in five sets.

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If the 37-year-old Serbian wins a record-tying 25th major on Sunday, he will become the oldest champion in Wimbledon history. Djokovic, leading Alcaraz 3-2 in the ATP head2head series, will be eager to avenge that defeat and equal Roger Federer's record eight Wimbledon crowns.

Novak Djokovic vs Carlos Alcaraz Match Info

• Men's Singles Final: July 14, Sunday
• Venue: AELTC Wimbledon Qualifying and Community Sports Ground
• Location: London, England
• Court Surface: Grass

Novak Djokovic vs Carlos Alcaraz head-to-head

Novak Djokovic vs Carlos Alcaraz: Form against each other

In the past two years against one another, Djokovic has three wins and Alcaraz has one. In their last match, on November 18, 2023, Djokovic won 6-3, 6-2. Djokovic has clinched nine sets against Alcaraz (64.3%), while Alcaraz has taken five. In 136 total games against one another, Djokovic has taken 77, while Alcaraz has claimed 59. When going head-to-head, Alcaraz and Djokovic have averaged 34 games and 3.5 sets in their four matches against each other.

Djokovic's 2024 performance

Djokovic has captured zero tournament victories on the year, with an overall record of 16-6. In 2024, Djokovic hasn't yet played a match on grass. He is averaging 27.3 games per match (33.2 in best-of-five matches) through his 22 matches played this year across all court surfaces, posting a 57.7% game-winning percentage. Djokovic has put up a service game-winning percentage of 82.1% on all surfaces (247-for-301 in service games) and a return game-winning percentage of 33.1% (99-for-299 in return games).

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Alcaraz's 2024 performance

Alcaraz has won two of his nine tournaments this year, with an overall match record of 32-6. He has a match record of 7-1 on grass courts so far this year. Alcaraz has competed in 38 matches this year (across all court types), and 26.6 games per match (34.4 in best-of-five matches). The World No. 3 has won 35.6% of his return games this year, while also winning 83.5% of his service games.

India's tennis ace Rohan Bopanna and his Australian partner Matthew Ebden entered the second round of men's doubles of the Wimbledon 2024 tennis tournament with an easy win over the pair of Robin Haas and Sander Arends.

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Reached Wimbledon semifinals last year

Rohan Bopanna and Ebden defeated their Netherlands rivals 7-5, 6-4 in one hour and 11 minutes in a rain-interrupted first-round match on Wednesday. Australian Open champion pair will face Germany's Hendrik Jebens and Constantin Frantzen in the second round. 

Rohan Bopanna had also reached the semi-finals of Wimbledon, the third Grand Slam of the season, last year. Already champions at the Australian Open and in Miami this year, Bopanna and Ebden are aiming for their fifth team title. Ebden won the 2022 Wimbledon crown alongside countryman Max Purcell.

Sumit Nagal's journey ends

Earlier on Wednesday, India's Sumit Nagal and his Serbian partner Dusan Lajovic had to face defeat against Spain's Pedro Martinez and Jaume Munar in the first round. Martínez and Munar won the match 6-2, 6-2 in one hour and seven minutes.

Balaji and Yuki will start their campaign

N Sriram Balaji and Yuki Bhambri will also represent India in the first round of men's doubles. Balaji has paired up with Britain's Luke Johnson. The duo will face the fourth-seeded pair of Mate Pavic of Serbia and Marcelo Arevalo of El Salvador on Thursday.

On the other hand, Yuki and Albano Olivetti of France will face the Kazakhstan pair of Alexander Bublik and Alexander Shevchenko.