ATP Tata Open (Pune), January 2019

[jayakris]

And I am so glad that IE III is at the level of getting past an inspired LP, who I am sure is still a real force. These are the kinds of matches a top doubles team needs to win, and they showed a lot by staying tough through a real dogfight. Great to see that our Davis Cup team finally has a doubles team that can compete at the highest level.

[jaydeep]

Divij and Rohan saved four match points in the match tie-break ... Here is the clip which posted by Rohan.

Rohan Instagram

[jaydeep]

Another dogfight win for Rohan and Divij in extra points of the match tie-break ... After winning the first set they lost the second set ... This time they had a 28 points match tie-break, which our pair won ... In the final, they r facing in-form British pair.

[SF] (1) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Simone Bolelli (ITA)/ Ivan Dodig (CRO) 63 36 15-13

[F] (1) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Luke Bambridge (GBR)/ Jonny O'Mara (GBR)

[arjun2761]

Good to see these gritty wins from IE III. A lot of top level doubles matches get decided in the match tiebreaker, so this is good sign that they will do well on the tour and in the Davis Cup...

[PKBasu]

32 year old Kevin Anderson takes on 39 year old Ivo Karlovic in the singles final. Both losing singles semifinalists were 34 years old -- Giles Simon and Steve Darcis. Tennis careers are lasting quite a lot longer these days (and beginning at later ages!).

[jaydeep]

In the semis also Rohan and Divij saved a couple of match points after 7-9 down.

[jaydeep]

A superb start of the partnership for Rohan and Divij ... They scored straight sets win over their British opponents for winning the first title of 2019.

At $590K Tata Open Maharashtra 2019, Pune, India

Doubles Final
(1) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Luke Bambridge (GBR)/ Jonny O'Mara (GBR) 63 64


P.C. to Divij Sharan's FB page

[PKBasu]

Congrats to the Indian Express III for winning the title in their maiden tournament together. That takes Divij to a new career high of 36. With Bops at 32, they are edging closer to a doubles seeding at the Australian Open.

[Omkara]

First convincing win for the duo. Even during Asian games they struggled a bit. But maybe they are getting into rhythm.

Good result. All the best!

[RohitG]

Congrats to our duo, I hope they do well throughout the year.. All the best

[sameerph]

Great to see a winning start to their partnership by Rohan-Divij.

Fourth ATP title for Divij and 16th for Rohan.

In the singles, Kevin Anderson retained his title with a 3 tie break win against Ivo Karlovic who served 36 aces in the final.

[PKBasu]

Kevin Anderson didn’t retain the title, he went one step further at Pune than last year — when he had lost the final to Gilles Simon (the man he beat in the SF this year).