Rohan Bopanna thread...

[Omkara]

Brilliant!!!

[Rajiv]

Superb win , at this rate surely he can last for couple of more years and even possibly win a GS title.

Next match against the serve monster Isner and the tactical Sock would be tough , Hoping for another upset win.

[sameerph]

Superb win , at this rate surely he can last for couple of more years and even possibly win a GS title.

Even another olympics looks good now but for that another Indian player should enter top 50 at least by next year I suppose.

[jayakris]

Heck, yes. Bops might decide to stick around till the next Olympics. Only 16 more months.

[sameerph]

They are thru to the final.

At ATP Masters 1000, Indian Wells, California, USA

[SF] Rohan Bopanna (IND) / Mathew Ebden (AUS) d. John Isner (USA) / Jack Sock (USA) 76(6) 76(2)

Next,

[F] Rohan Bopanna (IND) / Mathew Ebden (AUS) vs. (1) Wesley Koolhof (NED) / Neil Skupski (GBR)

[jayakris]

Seriously good!!! Come on Bops, let us get that big title now!

Ebden has moved up to a career high #23 in live rankings now, and can move to #18 with a title. Bops stays at #13 after the SF but can move to #11 with a title. This is all great.

[suresh]

[F] Rohan Bopanna (IND) / Mathew Ebden (AUS) d (1) Wesley Koolhof (NED) / Neil Skupski (GBR) 6-3 2-6 10-8.

Rohan Bopanna becomes the oldest man to win an ATP 1000 Masters doubles title replacing Nestor who held the previous record.

Edit: Fixed an erroneous statement that Rohan was the oldest to win an ATP double title. (Thanks @vparam)

[vparam]

[F] Rohan Bopanna (IND) / Mathew Ebden (AUS) d (1) Wesley Koolhof (NED) / Neil Skupski (GBR) 6-3 2-6 10-8.

Rohan Bopanna becomes the oldest man to win an ATP doubles title replacing Nestor who held the previous record.

Congrats to Bops. Suresh, Bops is the oldest to win a Masters 1000 tournament, but not the oldest to win an ATP doubles event.

[sameerph]

Quite amazing how Rohan has resurrected his career in last 2+ year. He was ranked outside top 40 at the start of 2022 and now here he is very close to top 10. And this at the age of 43.

I thought Leander was the one who was supreme in terms of longevity. But, at age 43 he was ranked only around 50. Bops has gone one better in those terms.

[jayakris]

Here comes Rohan singing oldies, goldies
"Be-Bops-A-Lula, " "Baby What I Say"
..
He got the action, he got the motion
Oh yeah, the boy can play
Dedication, devotion
Turning all the night time into the day

- Dire Straits, 1985

Go Bops! Yeah the old baby can still play. Congrats, man!

[Atithee]

^^ Rohan may also be the Sultan of Swing.

[Omkara]

That's a handsome $218k prize money for Bops. He can organise his own ATP tournament with that