Indian tennis ace Rohan Bopanna and his Australian partner Matthew Ebden booked their place into the Wimbledon 2023 men’s doubles semi-finals on Wednesday.
Bopanna and Ebden defeated Guillermo Duran and Tomas Martin Etcheverry 6-2, 6-7, 7-6 in the first round of the grass-court Grand Slam. The match lasted two hours and twelve minutes, as per Olympics.com.
With Nadal not playing due to injury, the world number one and top seed Carlos Alcaraz from Spain is an obstacle that Djokovic will have to overcome. The duo met earlier this year at the semifinals of the French Open and Djokovic won the match. Before that, youngster Alcaraz had beat Djokovi
Sania Mirza, who earlier this year announced her retirement from competitive tennis, would not be competing for India. She competed in a variety of events and won eight medals at the Asian Games, including two gold, three silver, and three bronze.
The sixth-seeded Indo-Australian team was eliminated after falling to Sadio Doumbia and Fabien Reboul of France 7-5, 7(7)-6(5) in one hour and 39 minutes, as per Olympics.com.
The 43-year-old has displayed brilliant form as he was placed at the 19th position in the rankings at the start of the 2023 season. Bopanna did not have a great 2022 season as he suffered a knee injury in 2022 and had to withdraw from multiple events, including the Davis Cup.
Rohan and Matthew were in a good form as they were looking for their third tennis title of the year after victories in Doha (Qatar Open) and Indian Wells.
The Indian-Australian men's duo clawed past the eighth seeds Santiago Gonzalez and Edouard Roger-Vasselin 5-7, 7-6(3), 10-4 in the last four of the Madrid Open.