# Sports

Rohan Bopanna to face Novak Djokovic in Indian Wells Masters

Bopanna is back with regular partner Pablo Cuevas and they face Serbians Djokovic and Victor Troicki.

PTI | Indian Wells | March 10, 2017 6:14 am

Rohan Bopanna to face Novak Djokovic in Indian Wells Masters

Rohan Bopanna is set for a clash with Novak Djokovic while veteran Leander Paes has combined forces with Juan Martin del Potro for the ATP Indian Wells Masters event, here.

Bopanna is back with his regular partner Pablo Cuevas for this tournament and they face Serbian team of Djokovic and Victor Troicki.

Paes, who has also been struggling to play with one partner consistently this season, has teamed up with Argentine Del Porto and they open their campaign against Luxembourg's Gilles Muller and American Sam Querry.

World number 26 Querry is in red hot form as he beat Rafael Nadal in the final to win ATP 500 event Acapulco last week.

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Shabana Azmi, Shankar Mahadevan, Leander Paes honored with doctorates in Kolkata

Shankar Mahadevan, Shabana Azmi, and Leander Paes were awarded honorary doctorates by Techno India University in Kolkata, recognizing their contributions to music, film, and sports.

# Sports

Djokovic thumps king of clay Nadal to enter third round

The two greats of the racquet game, both in the evening of their fabulous journey in tennis, have fought many a pitched battle between themselves in their glittering careers.

# Sports

Paris Olympics: Representing India at Roland Garros is pretty special, says Rohan Bopanna

Rohan Bopanna has been playing tennis for ages and has paraded his wares on the famous red clay of Roland Garros here for a number of years, but even for him coming back to represent his country with partner Sriram Balaji in the 2024 Olympic Games is something “special”.