Australian Open: Rohan Bopanna becomes oldest world number one in men's doubles after entering semis
Aus Open: Rohan Bopanna becomes oldest world number one in men's doubles
India's veteran player Rohan Bopanna attained a historic milestoneon Wednesday (Jan24) bybecoming the oldestto become world numberonein men's doubles. Bopanna, at 43,is assured of the topspot at the end of the Australian Open after he, along with his partner Mathew Ebden, stormed into the semifinals of men's doubles at Melbourne Park, Melbourne.
At the start of the Australian Open, Bopanna was at a career-high ranking of No. 3 but the experienced campaigner is now set to take the top spot once the updated rankings are out next week.His Aussie partnerEbden is assured of reaching the second spot in the men's doubles.
Bopanna andEbdenwent past sixthseeds Maximo Gonzalez and Andres Molteni 6-4, 7-6 (5) in the quarterfinals, in a contest which lastedan hour and 46 minutes on Wednesday.
Second seeds Bopanna and Ebden will now lock horns with unseeded Tomas Machac and Zhizhen Zhang in the semi-finals. The match is set to take place on Thursday (Jan 25). Bopanna, who is going strong at 43,will be in no mood to get complacent after reaching the top spot in the ATP rankings and will look to keep going ahead in the first-ever Grand Slam of the calendar year. He has formed a lethal pair with Ebden and the two will be desperate to end the competition with the men's doubles title.
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