After Rohan Bopanna won the mixed doubled trophy at the French Open with Canada’s Gabriela Dabrowski, the All India Tennis Association (AITA) decided to send his name to the government for this year’s Arjuna award but they somehow missed the deadline to send the application.
And the tennis ace, who became only the fourth Indian to win a Grand Slam after Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza, was not impressed.
“I’m calling out to lack of professionalism & efficiency by AITA for not sending my nomination for #ArjunaAward before the deadline,’’ Bopanna said.
In a press release after Bopanna scaled the heights at Roland Garros, the AITA said, “We will recommend Rohan’s name for Arjuna today. We have recommended his name several times in the past but the previous committees did not give him the award. Now he deserves this honour. He should be given the award this time.”
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