Rohan Bopanna, Matthew Ebden storm into Wimbledon semis, face top-seed Koolhof-Skupski
Top Indian doubles participant Rohan Bopanna and his Australian accomplice Matthew Ebden continued their dream run to advance into the Wimbledon semi-final with a hard-fought 6-7 (6-3) 7-5 6-2 win over Dutch duo of Tallon Griekspoor and Bart Stevens.
For the 43-year-old, this will probably be his third look in a Wimbledon semi-final and first since 2015.
Overall, Bopanna, a US Open runner-up in 2010, has made 4 Grand Slam semifinals within the males’s doubles.
The sixth seeded Indo-Australian duo will now be up towards the top-seeded Dutch-British pair Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski for a spot within the remaining.
The unseeded Dutch duo stretched the opening set to the fullest earlier than wrapping it within the tie-breaker in a 45-minute battle.
They went on to interrupt the Bopanna-Ebden within the first sport of the second set. But the Indo-Aussie duo broke again Griekspoor-Stevens and additional seized the seventh sport.
But Griekspoor-Stevens weren’t prepared to surrender simply as they made it 5-5 earlier than Bopanna-Ebden duo obtained a break within the eleventh sport and retained their serve within the subsequent to take the second set in 40 minutes.
The third set was a cakewalk for as they broke the Dutch pair twice, within the first and fifth video games, earlier than wrapping the match in a one-hour 54 minutes battle.
