The Australian Open champions barely broke a sweat to defeat their opponents.© AFP
Indian tennis player Rohan Bopanna and his Australian partner Matthew Ebden entered the men’s doubles final of the Miami Open with an outright victory over Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos. Australian Open winners Bopanna and Ebden barely broke a sweat to beat Spain’s Granollers and Argentina’s Zeballos 6-1 6-4 in the semi-finals on Thursday evening. Bopanna had slipped to the second spot in the doubles table after a quarter-final loss at the Dubai Championships and an exit in the 32nd round of the Indian Wells Masters, but the semi-final victory here will help the Indian regain the top spot win if they are notified Monday.
After winning the Australian Open, the 44-year-old Bopanna had risen 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 Croatia’s Ivan Dodig and American Austin Krajicek, who defeated 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 final at ATP Tour level. He has won 25 doubles titles so far.
This will also be the fifth appearance in an ATP Masters 1000 final for the duo of Bopanna and Ebden.
Bopanna also achieved a rare feat when he became the second Indian after Leander Paes to reach the final of all 9 ATP Masters events.
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