NEW DELHI: India’s Rohan Bopanna and his Australian companion Matthew Ebden knocked out the boys’s doubles competitors at Wimbledon after shedding in straight units to high seeds Wesley Koolhof of the Netherlands and Nice Britain’s Neal Skupsk within the semi-finals in London on Thursday.
Regardless of their finest efforts, Bopanna and Ebden misplaced the match 5-7, 4-6 after battling for one hour and 26 minutes.
Because the sixth seed within the event, Bopanna and Ebden had a commendable journey. Within the quarterfinals, they fought again from a set all the way down to safe a victory in opposition to the Dutch pair of Tallon Griekspoor and Bart Stevens with a rating of 6-7(3), 7-5, 6-2.
Whereas this was a notable efficiency for Bopanna, it fell in need of his quest to change into the oldest Grand Slam champion within the Open Period throughout singles, doubles, and blended doubles.
Regardless of their finest efforts, Bopanna and Ebden misplaced the match 5-7, 4-6 after battling for one hour and 26 minutes.
Because the sixth seed within the event, Bopanna and Ebden had a commendable journey. Within the quarterfinals, they fought again from a set all the way down to safe a victory in opposition to the Dutch pair of Tallon Griekspoor and Bart Stevens with a rating of 6-7(3), 7-5, 6-2.
Whereas this was a notable efficiency for Bopanna, it fell in need of his quest to change into the oldest Grand Slam champion within the Open Period throughout singles, doubles, and blended doubles.
Bopanna, the one Indian in fray on the Wimbledon, had reached the ultimate of the Australian Open earlier this yr within the blended doubles class alongside Sania Mirza.
Moreover, he has gained two ATP titles in males’s doubles partnering with Matthew Ebden. This was Bopanna’s third look in a Wimbledon semifinal, along with his earlier one occurring in 2015.
Total, he has reached 4 Grand Slam semi-finals within the males’s doubles class, along with his finest consequence being the runner-up place on the 2010 US Open.
(With PTI inputs)
