Indian tennis legend Rohan Bopanna and his Australian partner Matthew Ebden Thursday night defeated the pair of Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballo to qualify for the men's doubles final of the Miami Open tournament. (More Tennis News)
This wil💙l be Bopanna's first final in Miami. The win will also put Bopanna back on the top o💎f men's doubles ranking.
ꦍThe duo completed an easy 6-1,6-4 victory in the seminfinals and have now booked the summit clash with the pair of Ivan Dodig of Croatia and American Austin Krajicek.
T🅠he pair of Bopanna and Ebden h♋ad it easy in their game as they completely outplayed their rivals Spain's Granollers and Argentina's Zeballos.
The other finalists Dodig and Krajicekbeat had aౠ relatively tougher semifinal. They went up against the German duo of Keꦍvin Krawietz and Tim Putz and earned a hard-fought 6-4 6-7(7) 10-7 victory.
The final will take place on Saturday, March 30.
This is the third final of theꦦ year for the pair of Bopanna-Ebden.
This will also be the fifth appearance in an ATP Masters 1000 final for ♓ꦓthe Bopanna and Ebden pairing.
Sports💎 Authority of India (SAI) also posted an update of the win on its X account. SAI congratulated the pair for their entry into the finals and wished the duo best of luc𒈔k.
After losing in the quarter🌳finals of the Dubai Championships and the Indi💦an Wells Masters round of 32, Bopanna—who had became the oldest player to be rated number one in the ATP rankings following his victory at the Australian Open—slipped to second place in the doubles standings.
However, his win on Thursday will take him back at the top when the rankings are next upda🍷ted on Monday.
