Rohan Bopanna: 43 year old Rohan Bopanna created history, made a world record by winning the Australian Open.

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Rohan Bopanna along with Matthew Ebden on Saturday won the Australian Open men’s doubles title with a spectacular victory over the pair of Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavasori. With this, he became the third Indian player to achieve the feat of winning a Grand Slam title. The second seeded Bopanna-Ebden pair won 7-6(0) 7-5 over the unseeded pair in the final that lasted one hour and 39 minutes.

Before Bopanna, Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza have created history.

Before this Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi He has won the major title for India in men’s tennis while Sania Mirza has achieved this feat in women’s tennis.

Bopanna’s second Grand Slam title

This is Bopanna’s second Grand Slam title. In 2017, she won the French Open mixed doubles title with Canadian Gabriela Dabrowski. At the age of 43, Bopanna also became the oldest player to become a Grand Slam champion in men’s tennis. He broke the record of Jean-Julien Roger, who had won the French Open men’s doubles trophy with Marcelo Arevola in 2022.

Service break happened only once in the game

The match was so tight at Rod Lever Arena that there was only one break of serve, when Vavasori dropped serve in the 11th game of the second set. There were not many break points in this either. The second seeded pair got break points in consecutive games in the beginning of the match. But the Italian players saved both of them. In the second game, Vavasori volleyed on Boleli’s serve at 30-30 but Bopanna hit a long return. In the fourth game, the Italian players again fell behind by a break point when at 30-30, Bopanna’s return shot bounced off the ‘net cord’ and fell down, giving the second seeded pair the point due to luck. But Vavasori saved this point too with good service. Bolelli was looking under pressure at ’30-all’ while serving at 4-5. But he hit a powerful cross court forehand shot which went beyond Bopanna’s reach and then the score became equal at 5-5.

Bopanna will reach number one in ATP rankings

In the 11th game, pressure came on Ebden in which he had to face breakpoint but after playing deuce point, the Australian player ended the game with an ace. Then in the tie breaker, Boleli’s serve was broken twice and the Bopanna-Ebden pair took a 5-0 lead without losing a single point on their serve. Vavasori lost his serve on six set points. He converted the first but Ebden won with a forehand shot down the line. Bopanna will become the number one player in the ATP rankings to be released on Monday. At the age of 43, he will also become the oldest player to reach the top ranking. Bolelli won the Australian Open men’s doubles title in 2015 with Fabio Fognini.

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