\u201cIndia is not a sporting country to be honest, we go to watch the celebrity of the sport. I have gone to numerous companies asking for sponsorships and they have declined because tennis is not shown in the country.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cLast year, at the US Open, my team was calling the media broadcasters to say please show my match and they say no it is only one Indian and we cannot show,\u201d revealed Bopanna on \u201cBe A Man, Yaar!\u201d season 2 show, by Yuvaa.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Bopanna, who has been honoured with Padma Shri, will continue to play at the ATP Circuit. At the start of this year, Bopanna became the oldest man to win a Grand Slam title in the open era of tennis following the Australian Open men\u2019s doubles triumph with his partner Matthew Ebden. That title also propelled Bopanna to become the oldest top-ranked man in ATP rankings for men\u2019s doubles too.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
He also addressed the issue of online criticism and trolling that often sportspersons face following defeats. \u201cWe get abuses every day, social media is great but you get those abuses also. It\u2019s constant. Everybody feels they are also a part of it, so it\u2019s hard you know every day you need to wake up and say be strong.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Bopanna, who has been honoured with Padma Shri, will continue to play at the ATP Circuit. At the start of this year, Bopanna became the oldest man to win a Grand Slam title in the open era of tennis following the Australian Open men\u2019s doubles triumph with his partner Matthew Ebden. That title also propelled Bopanna to become the oldest top-ranked man in ATP rankings for men\u2019s doubles too.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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