Madrid Open: India’s Rohan Bopanna Loses in Men’s Doubles Final

Indian tennis star Rohan Bopanna and his Australian associate Matthew Ebden fell in need of profitable the Madrid Open males’s doubles title, crashing to the Russian pair of Karen Khachanov and Andrey Rublev in a hard-fought ultimate right here on Saturday.

Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden, who have been seeded seventh right here, went all the way down to the unseeded Russian pair of Karen Khachanov and Andrey Rublev 6-3, 3-6, 10-3 in their second ATP Masters 1000 ultimate of the season.

The Indian-Australian pair misplaced the primary set after they have been damaged in the eighth sport (5-3). In the second set, Bopanna and Ebden broke their Russian opponent’s serve in the fourth sport for a 3-1 lead and went on to win the set 6-3. The Super Tiebreaker belonged to the Russians as they gained it 10-3, after taking an early 6-0 lead.

Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden have been aiming to win their third tennis title of the yr after victories in Doha (Qatar Open) and Indian Wells.

This was additionally Rohan’Bopanna’s fourth ultimate of the yr. He had reached the blended doubles ultimate of the Australian Open 2023 with Sania Mirza.

Competing in entrance of a full of life crowd at Manolo Santana Stadium, Khachanov and Rublev, the Russian singles stars, produced a powerful serving efficiency to triumph after 71 minutes. They gained 83 per cent (25/30) of their first-serve factors and raced away in the Match Tie-break to seal their victory.

Khachanov and Rublev confirmed grit all through their run to the trophy, incomes Match Tie-break wins in 4 of their 5 matches. They additionally defeated seeds Nikola Mektic/Mate Pavic and Marcelo Arevalo/Jean-Julien Rojer.

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