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[ad_1] Indian tennis great Rohan Bopanna created history as he and his partner Matthew Ebden defeated Croatia's Ivan Dodic and American Austin Krajicek 6-7 6-3 10-16 to clinch the Miami Open title. In the process, Bopanna, aged 44, became the oldest man to win a Masters 1000 title on the ATP circuit. The tennis star broke his own record, having created it last year by winning the Indian Wells title. The Miami Open win also enabled Bopanna to become the second Indian since Leander Paes to reach the finals of all nine ATP Masters 1000 events.Bopanna and Ebden had a sloppy start to the game as they lost the first set by 6-7. However, the Indo-Aussie pair kept their nerves cool and made a solid comeback in the match. In the second set, Bopanna-Ebden sealed a 6-3 win. Meanwhile, in the third ...

[ad_1] Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden© TwitterIndian tennis stalwart Rohan Bopanna and his Australian teammate Matthew Ebden advanced to their third men's doubles semi-final this year, defeating Dutchman Sem Verbeek and Aussie John-Patrick Smith at the Miami Open. The duo, who had won the Australian Open earlier this year, overcame several unforced errors in the first set to win the gruelling quarterfinal 3-6 7-6 (4) 10-7. The victory for the 44-year-old Bopanna, currently ranked No. 2 in the world, will help him stay in the in top-10 in the ATP doubles ranking and ensure direct qualification for the Paris Olympics in July-August.The cut-off date for rankings to be considered for direct Paris qualification is June 10.The Bopanna-Ebden pair, seeded No.1 here, didn't enjoy a dominant firs...

[ad_1] London : Indian tennis star Rohan Bopanna on Monday climbed to World No. 1 in the doubles rankings for the first time after winning the Australian Open with Matthew Ebden, as ATP announced for the latest doubles rankings. At the age of 43, Bopanna became the oldest first-time World No. 1 and the third Indian to achieve the milestone (after Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi, with whom he won two titles). "India needed this. We don't really have many tennis players coming up," said Bopanna as quoted by ATP. "Sport is slowly coming up. I think it's just going to inspire a lot of people....

[ad_1] The ATP Finals campaign of Indian tennis veteran Rohan Bopanna and Australian Matthew Ebden in men's doubles competition concluded in the semifinals after a loss to Spain's Marcel Granollers and Argentina's Horacio Zeballos in Turin, Italy on Saturday. In less than two hours, the third-seeded Indian-Australian team lost 7-6, 6-4 to the fifth-seeded 2023 Wimbledon finalists in Turin. The match took place on the hard courts of the Pala Alpitour. For the first seven games, both couples easily held their serves. In the eighth game, Bopanna and Ebden had a break-point opportunity, but the Australian made an unforced error, tying the score at 4-4. In the eleventh game, Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos took advantage of a few of the double faults by Ebden to gain the early lead, ho...