Turin: In tennis, India’s Rohan Bopanna and his Australian partner Matthew Ebden crashed out from men’s doubles competition in ATP Finals tournament. The Indian-Australian duo loss in the semifinals in Turin, Italy.
Fifth-seeded, 2023 Wimbledon finalists Spain’s Marcel Granollers and Argentina’s Horacio Zeballos defeated the Indian-Australian duo by ‘7-6, 6-4’.
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Bopanna had previously participated in the ATP Finals three times, in 2011, 2012 and 2015-2016. The Indian tennis player lost in the finals in both 2012 and 2015, the first time around with fellow countryman Mahesh Bhupathi and the second time around with Florin Mergea of Romania. To date, no Indian has taken home the ATP Finals trophy.
Bopanna made history earlier in Turin when he became the oldest player to advance to the ATP Finals semi-finals. Bopanna and Matthew Ebden won the Indian Wells doubles event, becoming him the oldest tennis player in history to win an ATP Masters 1000 championship. After the Indian and Ebden reached the championship match of the US Open 2023 men’s doubles competition, Bopanna also became the oldest person to reach a Grand Slam final.
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