In-form Rohan Bopanna wins Qatar Open title with Matthew Ebden week after Rotterdam heartbreak

Veteran Inidan tennis participant Rohan Bopanna gained his twenty third tour-level title when he and his Australian parnter Matthew Ebden reigned supreme within the doubles ultimate at Qatar Open ATP 250 match in Doha on Friday, February 24.

New Delhi,UPDATED: Feb 24, 2023 23:30 IST

Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden gained the Qatar Open title on February 24 (Reuters Photo)

By India Today Sports Desk: India’s Rohan Bopanna and Australia’s Matthew Ebden gained their maiden ATP Tour title as a staff when the duo defeated Constant Lestienne and Botic van de Zandschulp 6-7(5), 6-4, 10-6 within the ultimate of the Qatar Open ATP 250 match in Doha on Friday. It was Bopanna’s first title of 2023 after heartbreaking defeats in Australia Open and Rotterdam Open earlier within the season.

Notably, Bopanna and Ebden had misplaced the Rotterdam Open ultimate to Ivan Dodig and Austin Krajicek regardless of having a Championship level within the match tie-break.

The ultimate towards Lestienne and Zandschulp didn’t start on the appropriate observe for the Indo-Australian pair as they misplaced a hard-fought tie-breaker. However, Bopanna and Ebden discovered methods to remain within the contest and win the 99-minute ultimate. Bopanna and Ebden transformed 4 of six break level alternatives and took command early within the Match Tie-break, opening 4/1 and 9/4 leads en path to their win.

42-year-old Bopanna has been in terrific type, reaching the combined doubles ultimate at Australian Open with Sania Mirza. The ultimate defeat in Rotterdam was heartbreaking however the senior campaigner used all his expertise to place behind the frustration and begin afresh in Doha. it was additionally the twenty third tour-level title for Bopanna in his profession.

Bopanna and Ebden sealed three of their 4 victories in Match Tie-breaks, together with Friday’s ultimate.

BOPANNA / EBDEN – ATP 250 QATAR OPEN CHAMPIONS!

Our staff defeated Constant Lestienne / Botic vande Zandschulp with a rating line of 6-7 6-4 10-6 within the finals to seize the title pic.twitter.com/19cfpmPkR7
— Indian Tennis Daily (ITD) (@IndTennisDaily) February 24, 2023

Meanwhile, within the Bengaluru ATP Challenger occasion, Anirudh Chandrasekhar and N Vijay Sundar Prashanth eradicated fourth-seeded Arjun Kadhe and Max Neuchrist 7-6 (1) 4-6 10-2 to storm into the doubles ultimate.

Anirudh and Prashanth remained the one Indians within the fray with the exit of Sumit Nagal from the singles occasion on Thursday.

The duo will play the ultimate on Saturday.

In the singles quarter-finals, Hamad Medjedovic of Serbia toppled No 1 seed Chun-Hsin Tseng of Taipei. (With PTI inputs)

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Feb 24, 2023