Australian Matt Ebden wins his first Australian Open males’s doubles title alongside India’s Rohan Bopanna.
Melbourne, Australia, 27 January 2024 | Leigh Rogers
Perseverance has paid off for Australia’s Matt Ebden and his Indian accomplice Rohan Bopanna at Australian Open 2024.
The second-seeded duo captured their maiden Australian Open males’s doubles title this night at Rod Laver Enviornment, after surviving a spirited problem from Italian mixture Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori.
Ebden and Bopanna managed to triumph 7-6(0) 7-5 to safe their first main title as a workforce.
“It’s been such a dream come true to win right here in Australia in entrance of our dwelling followers,” a proud Ebden beamed.
There was solely a single break throughout a fiercely contested 99-minute ultimate, with Ebden and Bopanna putting within the eleventh recreation of the second set.
The second seeds completed the high-quality encounter with 26 winners and nil unforced errors.
“It was such a troublesome ultimate at this time, I feel it might have gone both manner,” Ebden mentioned.
Australian Open 2024 males’s doubles champions Rohan Bopanna and Matt Ebden. Image: Getty Photographs
It’s 36-year-old Ebden’s third Grand Slam crown, including to his Australian Open combined doubles title received in 2013 and the Wimbledon males’s doubles title in 2022, and Bopanna’s second, following his Roland Garros combined doubles victory in 2017.
“What an incredible event,” Ebden mentioned.
“Due to my accomplice Rohan. He’s 43 years previous and that is his first males’s Grand Slam doubles win. Age actually will not be a quantity for this man. He’s younger at coronary heart, he’s a champion, he’s a warrior.”
As Bopanna’s first main males’s doubles title, it units a brand new Open period report for many makes an attempt (at 61) earlier than scoring a breakthrough title.
“For me, no doubt the perfect second in my profession,” mentioned Bopanna, who additionally turns into the oldest Grand Slam males’s doubles champion.
“I had ideas of quitting and stopping, however to only persevere and revel in what I used to be doing, I feel, was the perfect factor I advised myself.”
The enduring 43-year-old additionally ties compatriot Leander Paes for many Australian Open appearances (with 17) earlier than scooping a maiden males’s doubles title. Ebden, making his fifteenth look at his dwelling Grand Slam, sits simply behind them on this listing.
“For years and years I’ve been attempting to, , get there,” Bopanna acknowledged. “I imply, the hurdle was powerful.”
| Most Australian Open appearances earlier than profitable first males’s doubles title |
|
| Participant | Appearances |
| Rohan Bopanna (IND) Leander Paes (IND) |
17 |
| Matt Ebden (AUS) | 15 |
| Rajeev Ram (USA) | 14 |
| Nicolas Mahut (FRA) | 13 |
| Oliver Marach (AUT) | 12 |
Ebden’s earlier finest end result at Melbourne Park was a runner-up end alongside compatriot Max Purcell in 2022.
By bettering that effort, the Perth athlete turns into the twenty eighth Australian within the Open period to win an Australian Open males’s doubles title.
Ebden is the sixth lively Aussie participant to attain the feat, following John Friends (with Finland’s Henri Kontinen in 2017), Thanasi Kokkinakis/Nick Kyrgios (2022) and Rinky Hijikata/Jason Kubler (2023).
It additionally marks the primary time in 40 years that Aussie contenders have claimed three consecutive Australian Open males’s doubles titles.
At the moment sitting at a career-high of No.4, Ebden is ready to rise to a brand new peak of world No.2.
In the meantime, world No.3 Bopanna will soar to the highest of the ATP Tour doubles rankings subsequent week, making him the oldest first-time world No.1 in historical past.
Aussies in motion – Australian Open
TODAY’S RESULTS
Males’s doubles, ultimate
[2] Matt Ebden (AUS)/Rohan Bopanna (IND) d Simone Bolelli (ITA)/Andrea Vavassori (ITA) 7-6(0) 7-5
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