Shanghai, China, 14 October 2023 | Leigh Rogers
Shanghai, China
Australian Matt Ebden and Indian associate Rohan Bopanna have superior to the doubles ultimate at an ATP Masters 1000 event in Shanghai.
The fourth-seeded duo secured their spot with a 7-6(0) 4-6 [10-2] semifinal victory in opposition to French pair Sadio Doumbia and Fabien Reboul.
It propels world No.8 Ebden and world No.7 Bopanna into their third ATP Masters 1000 ultimate of the season, probably the most of any group.
Ebden, a two-time singles quarterfinalist in Shanghai, is thrilled to be having fun with a career-best doubles run on the event.
“I’ve been coming right here a very long time,” stated Ebden, who turns into solely the second Australian doubles finalist within the event’s 14-year historical past and first since John Friends in 2017.
“I’ve at all times historically performed actually right here. Had a few of my finest singles outcomes right here.”
Ebden and Bopanna will face the seventh seeds, Spaniard Marcel Granollers and Argentina’s Horacio Zeballos, for the title.
Will probably be their second assembly of the season. World No.14 Granollers and world No.13 Zeballos received their solely different conflict, on the Canadian Masters in July, in three units.
No matter tomorrow’s ultimate consequence, 35-year-old Ebden is assured to climb to a career-high rating of world No.6.
Aussies in motion – Shanghai
RESULTS
Males’s doubles, semifinals
[4] Matt Ebden (AUS)/Rohan Bopanna (IND) d Sadio Doumbia (FRA)/Fabien Reboul (FRA) 7-6(0) 4-6 [10-2]
COMING UP
Males’s doubles, ultimate
[4] Matt Ebden (AUS)/Rohan Bopanna (IND) v [7] Marcel Granollers (ESP)/Horacio Zeballos (ARG)
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