Achi news desk-
Published By: Siddharth Sriram
Last Updated: March 29, 2024, 12:35 IST
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Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden (Credit: Twitter)
The top seeds Bopanna, won his first men’s doubles at the Grand Slam in Australia this year, and Ebden defeated Granollers and Zeballos 6-1, 6-4 in the semi-finals on Thursday.
Indian tennis stalwart Rohan Bopanna and his Australian partner Matthew Ebden cruised into the men’s doubles final at the Miami Open with a straight sets win over Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos here.
Australian Open winners Bopanna and Ebden hardly broke a sweat to get the better of Spain’s Granollers and Argentina’s Zeballos 6-1 6-4 in the semi-finals on Thursday night.
Bopanna had slipped to second in the doubles rankings after a quarter-final loss at the Dubai Championships and a round-of-32 exit at the Indian Wells Masters, but this semi-final win will help the Indian regain top spot. when they are updated on. Monday.
Following the Australian Open victory, 44-year-old Bopanna had climbed to the world No. 1 position in the ATP rankings, becoming the oldest player to do so.
In the final, Bopanna and Ebden will face Ivan Dodig from Croatia and American Austin Krajicek, who beat German duo Kevin Krawietz and Tim Putz 6-4 6-7(7) 10-7 in the other semi-final.
For Bopanna, this will be his 14th ATP Masters 1000 final and the first in Miami. Overall, this will be his 63rd ATP Tour level final. So far he has won 25 doubles titles.
This will also be the fifth appearance in the ATP Masters 1000 final for the pairing of Bopanna and Ebden.
Bopanna also achieved a rare feat as he became the second Indian after Leander Paes to reach the final of all 9 ATP Masters events.
