Australia’s Matt Ebden is celebrating his eleventh ATP doubles triumph after teaming with Rohan Bopanna to raise the trophy in Miami.
Miami, USA , 31 March 2024 | Vivienne Christie
Matt Ebden is celebrating one other massive win, after lifting the Miami Open doubles title alongside his Indian accomplice, Rohan Bopanna.
The highest-seeded pair confirmed composure beneath stress to say a comeback win over No.2 seeds Ivan Dodig and Austin Krajicek within the championship match.
Ebden and Bopanna required one hour and 42 minutes to file their 6-7(3) 6-3 [10-8] overcome the Croatian-American pair.
It’s a second ATP Masters 1000-level title for the top-seeded duo, who had been additionally topped Australian Open 2024 champions in January.
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Ebden and Bopanna shortly gelled after teaming in the beginning of the 2023 season, claiming a breakthrough win at Doha in February earlier than their maiden ATP Masters 1000 victory at Indian Wells.
Their match-winning file in a powerful begin to season 2024 stands at 14-3.
The skilled pair was made to work exhausting towards Dodig and Krajicek, who edged forward within the first-set tiebreak.
“It’s powerful. These guys are identified to struggle again in powerful moments. Final time we performed them it was related,” stated Ebden of the come-from-behind win.
“We missed one or two pictures once we had been up there to complete the primary set after which they performed an incredible tiebreak after which we simply reset.
“We simply tried somewhat bit totally different technique. We simply relaxed and let ourselves play. (We thought we’d) simply see what occurs and it turned out effectively.”
Ebden and Bopanna opened their Miami 2024 marketing campaign with a three-set win over Italian pair Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori, earlier than victory over Hugo Nys and Jan Zielinski .
They required three-sets to beat Australia’s JP Smith and Frenchman Sem Verbeek within the quarterfinals, forward of a complete semifinal victory over Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos within the semifinals.
“Simply sticking by means of adversity,” stated Ebden, when requested what offered the pair with probably the most satisfaction from their second ATP Masters 1000 win.
“The primary three matches we had been neck and neck, simply scraping by means of after which that gave us an opportunity within the semis (when) we performed unbelievable, each of us truly.
“After which right now once more, a decent match … you’ve simply obtained to execute, play effectively beneath stress within the massive moments, and we’ve been doing that fairly effectively.”
At age 44, Bopanna surpassed his personal file – set at Indian Wells final yr – because the oldest ATP Masters 1000 champion in historical past.
He additionally returns to world No.1 within the males’s doubles rating; Ebden, who peaked as doubles No.1 final month, will transfer one spot to world No.2.
RESULTS
Males’s doubles, last
[1] Matt Ebden (AUS)/Rohan Bopanna (IND) d [2] Ivan Dodig (CRO)/Austin Krajicek (USA) 6-7(3) 6-3 [10-8]
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