Rohan Bopanna: India’s Rohan Bopanna became the oldest player to win an ATP Masters 1000 event by winning the men’s doubles title with his/her Australian partner Matt Ebden at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament. Bopanna is now 43 years old. he/she and the 35-year-old Ebden beat top-seeded Dutch pair of Wesley Koolhof and Britain’s Neil Skupski 6-3, 2-6, 10-8 in Saturday’s final. Rohan Bopanna has created history as soon as he/she won the title.

Bopanna gave this statement

Rohan Bopanna, playing in his/her 10th ATP Masters 1000 final, said it really felt good to win here. That’s why it is called the heaven of tennis. I have been coming here for years and watching people win titles here. I’m really happy that Matt and I were able to win the title here. We played tough and close matches. Today we faced the best team here. I am happy that we were able to win the trophy.

left this giant behind

Rohan Bopanna thus left behind Canadian Daniel Nestor, who won the 2015 Cincinnati Masters at the age of 42. “I talked to Danny Nestor and I told him/her I’m sorry I’m going to break his/her record,” he/she joked. This title will stay with me forever and I am really happy with it. It was Bopanna’s fifth overall and first Masters 1000 doubles title since Montecarlo Open in 2017. This was the third final of the pair of India and Australia this year.

advantage in ranking

Rohan Bopanna has so far won a total of 24 titles at the tour level. The pair of Bopanna and Matt Ebden defeated defending champions and two-time title winners John Isner and Jack Sock in the semi-finals. Earlier in the quarterfinals, they defeated Canada’s Felix Auger Alissime and Denis Shapovalov. The Indo-Australian pair had defeated Rafael Matos and David Vega Hernandez in their opening match. Bopanna, a former world number three, has climbed four places to 11th in the ATP doubles rankings with the win.

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