India’s top doubles player Rohan Bopanna on Wednesday revealed that he will end his Davis Cup career when the country hosts Morocco in September.
But the Karnataka player won’t be able to play his farewell match in his home state, as desired by him, since the All India Tennis Association (AITA) has already awarded the match to Uttar Pradesh.
India are scheduled to play Morocco in a World Group II tie in September.
The 43-year-old Bopanna, who made his Davis Cup debut in 2002 and is still playing on the ATP Tour, has played 32 ties for India. “I am planning to play my last Davis Cup match in September,” Bopanna said from London.
“I have been on the team since 2002. I wanted it to be held at home and I spoke to all the boys (Indian players) they are all happy to play in Bangalore. Now it’s up to our federation.”
However, the AITA has confirmed that there will be no change in venue.
Leander Paes has played the most number of ties for India with 58 appearances, followed by Jaidip Mukerjea (43), Ramanathan Krishnan (43), Premjit Lal (41) Anand Amirtraj (39), Mahesh Bhupathi (35) and Vijay Amritraj (32). So, Bopanna will overtake the legendary Vijay Amritraj.
In his 32 ties, Bopanna won 12 singles and 10 doubles matches.
