The Australian Open champion defeated her opponent with almost no effort.©AFP
Indian tennis star Rohan Bopanna and his Australian partner Matthew Ebden defeated Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos in straight sets to reach the Miami Open men’s doubles final. In the semifinals on Thursday night, Australian Open champions Bopanna and Ebden effortlessly defeated Spain’s Granollers and Argentina’s Zeballos 6-1 6-4. Bopanna slipped to second place in the doubles rankings after a quarter-final defeat at the Dubai Championships and a last-32 exit at the Indian Wells Masters, but a victory in the semi-finals will help the Indian regain the top spot after the update. on Monday.
After winning the Australian Open, the 44-year-old Bopanna climbed to world number one in the ATP rankings, becoming the oldest player in history.
In the final, Bopana and Ebden will face Croatian Ivan Dodig and American Austin Krajicek, who won 6-4 6-7(7) in the other semi-final. Defeated the German pair of Kevin Kravitz and Tim Putz 10-7.
For Bopanna, this will be his 14th ATP Masters 1000 final and first time in Miami. Overall, this will be his 63rd ATP Tour level final. To date, he has won 25 tag team titles.
This will also be the fifth time that Bopanna and Ebden have appeared in the ATP Masters 1000 final.
Bopanna also achieved a rare feat of becoming the second Indian after Leander Paes to reach the finals of all nine ATP Masters events.
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