India, March 18 -- Rohan Bopanna might be done playing tennis, but he's not quite done with the sport. The retired Indian pro's recent sightings have been on the courts of Bengaluru, observing and supporting young Indian players who've taken significant strides at the Davis Cup and women's ITF events.

And the former doubles world No.1, through his Rohan Bopanna Tennis Academy (RBTA), will now mentor two promising singles players in the country. Dhakshineswar Suresh, hero of India's Davis Cup win over the Netherlands, and Vaishnavi Adkar, who had a breakthrough run to the final of the ITF W100 Bengaluru, have signed up to make RBTA their training base.

In an ecosystem that compels budding pros to look abroad for quality coaching and trai...