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NEW DELHI: India’s Rohan Bopanna on Saturday created historical past, turning into the oldest man within the Open Period to win a significant males’s doubles title, teaming up with Matthew Ebden to win the Australian Open.
The 43-year-old Bopanna and Ebden overcame Italians Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori 7-6(0), 7-5 to clinch the crown at Rod Laver Area in Melbourne.
Bopanna, who was awarded the Padma Shri by the Indian authorities for turning into the oldest first-time World No.1 in males’s doubles just lately, accomplished his mission to win his first Grand Slam males’s doubles title.
After the win, the Indian tennis veteran expressed his gratitude to followers for supporting him and famous that there was no higher associate than Ebden for the Grand Slam occasion.
“Completely superb successful my first males’s doubles Grand Slam. There is no such thing as a higher individual than Matthew Ebden to be by my aspect and win this males’s doubles Grand Slam. Thanks everybody for all of the love and help. This victory is as a lot yours as mine. Actually thanks from the underside of my coronary heart. Thanks for all of the help and love you may have proven me for years,” Rohan Bopanna mentioned after the victory in an audio despatched by his staff.
“And lastly by no means, by no means have any limitations and hold believing in yourselves since you by no means know when life can change and make it completely magical,” he added.
The 43-year-old Bopanna and Ebden overcame Italians Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori 7-6(0), 7-5 to clinch the crown at Rod Laver Area in Melbourne.
Bopanna, who was awarded the Padma Shri by the Indian authorities for turning into the oldest first-time World No.1 in males’s doubles just lately, accomplished his mission to win his first Grand Slam males’s doubles title.
After the win, the Indian tennis veteran expressed his gratitude to followers for supporting him and famous that there was no higher associate than Ebden for the Grand Slam occasion.
“Completely superb successful my first males’s doubles Grand Slam. There is no such thing as a higher individual than Matthew Ebden to be by my aspect and win this males’s doubles Grand Slam. Thanks everybody for all of the love and help. This victory is as a lot yours as mine. Actually thanks from the underside of my coronary heart. Thanks for all of the help and love you may have proven me for years,” Rohan Bopanna mentioned after the victory in an audio despatched by his staff.
“And lastly by no means, by no means have any limitations and hold believing in yourselves since you by no means know when life can change and make it completely magical,” he added.
Ebden additionally praised Bopanna and acknowledged that the India ace is younger at coronary heart.
“What a tremendous match,” Ebden mentioned. “Due to my superb associate. He’s 43 years previous, that is his first males’s Grand Slam doubles title! Age shouldn’t be a quantity for this man. He’s younger at coronary heart. He’s a champion and a warrior. He has fought arduous alongside me the previous yr and I’m perpetually grateful to him,” Ebden mentioned, in accordance with ATP.
Bopanna, who made his seventeenth Australian Open look on this version, comfortably wrapped up his maiden Grand Slam males’s doubles title victory. Aged 43 years 329 days, he additionally grew to become the oldest Grand Slam champion.
It’s the first time Bopanna has received a significant title, having misplaced in finals on the US Open in 2010 and 2023.
Within the summit conflict, Bopanna and Ebden dominated on serve all through the one-hour, 40-minute match, successful 80 per cent (40/50) of video games with their first supply and never dealing with a break level to high off a incredible week.
Bopanna is the third Indian man within the Open Period to win a significant males’s doubles title, following Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi. On Monday, he’ll develop into the oldest top-ranked participant within the ATP Doubles Rankings.
This was Bopanna’s second Grand Slam triumph, his first in males’s doubles. His earlier Grand Slam victory got here in blended doubles with Gabriela Dabrowski of Canada on the 2017 French Open.
(With inputs from ANI)
