One the biggest dilemmas elite sportspersons face is about the timing of their retirement. Ash Barty walked away at 25, while being World No.1 and the defending champion at two Majors. Roger Federer – and potentially Rafael Nadal – stopped only when the body couldn’t take it any longer.
Rohan Bopanna seems to have found the sweet spot. The doubles star’s decision to end his Davis Cup journey with the World Group II tie against Morocco here this weekend comes at a time when he is ranked No.7 in the world – his highest since Oct. 2013. And two of the five Slam finals he has reached in his career have come in 2023.
But at 43, he knows that the body can do with a few extra weeks of rest, especially when he wants to prolong his ATP Tour career a bit more. The chance to end it at home has only added to the allure.
