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Rohan Bopanna-Matthew Ebden reached the final of the Miami Open 2024 after winning in straight sets in the semi-finals. Image- Metro
Indian experienced tennis player Rohan Bopanna and his Australian partner Matthew Ebden have reached the men's doubles final of the Miami Open 2024 by defeating Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos on Thursday night.
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The pair of Bopanna and Ebden won the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of the year, earlier this year. The pair defeated the Spanish-Argentine duo
6-1, 6-4 in the Miami Open semi-finals. They will face the pair of Croatia's Ivan Dodig and America's Austin Krajicek in the title match of Miami Open. In another semi-final match, the Dodig-Austin pair entered the final by defeating the German pair of Kevin Krawietz and Tim Putz 6-4, 6-7 (7), 10-7.
Bopanna has a chance to reach the top again
The 44-year-old Bopanna reached the top of the ATP rankings after his historic victory in the Australian Open. He was the oldest player to do so. Although the Indo-Australian pair had slipped to second place after losing in the quarter-finals of the Dubai Championship and the round-32 of Indian Wells. Winning the semi-finals of the Miami Open will help them regain the top position in the rankings to be released on Monday.
Bopanna won 25 doubles titles so far
This is the 14th ATP Masters 1000 final of Bopanna's career, while he has reached the Miami Open title match for the first time. Overall this is his 63rd tour-level final. Bopanna, one of India's most successful tennis players, has won 25 doubles titles in his career so far. This is the fifth ATP Masters 1000 final for the pair of Bopanna and Ebden. Moreover, another achievement has also been added to Bopanna's name; he is the second Indian player after Leander Paes to reach the finals of all nine ATP Masters events. Besides the Australian Open, Bopanna and Edebn reached the title round at the Adelaide Open in January where they lost to Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury.