Tennis – Indian tennis ace Rohan Bopanna has received the ‘Sports Icon of the Year’ award at the Indian Oil Sports Conclave on Friday, according to The Hindu. The 38-year-old flew down from Paris where he was beaten in the quarter-finals of the French Open doubles event alongside partner Eduardo Roger-Vasselin.

Several other sports personalities were gathered to cheer on the tennis star receiving the award, including table tennis stars Sharath Kamal, Manika Batra, badminton coach P. Gopi Chand, shuttlers P. Kashyap, N. Sikki Reddy. Although disappointed at not winning his quarter-final match in Paris, Bopanna commented that his loss enabled him to receive the award in person.

Indian Oil also announced plans to provide financial assistance to budding champions and recruit more athletes in six new disciplines – volleyball, basketball, shooting, archery, wrestling, kabaddi and boxing – besides the ten existing games that they have been supporting.

source: http://www.tennisworldusa.org / Tennis World / Home> News / by Prakash / June 10th, 2018