Rohan Bopanna thread...

[Rajiv]

Well, he can serve Indian tennis better by holding more camps.

@Atithee these are not camps but pashyatap yagna's by the Sage for not granting a boon to his disicples and we may see many more yagna's in the near future.

[Atithee]

@Rajiv—that is enough. Let’s stop roasting him. He’s trying. Everyone has to do what they need to do.

[sameerph]

Finally, Rohan got his first win of the year at Rotterdam.

At ABN AMRO Open, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ATP 500 ( Indoor hard)

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND) / Mathew Ebden (AUS) d. Hugo Nys (MON) / Jan Zielinski (POL) 76(6) 46 10-5

Nys and Zielinski were runner ups at Australian open, so it was a good win for pair of Bops and Ebden.

Next,

[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND) / Mathew Ebden (AUS) vs. (4) Lloyd Glasspool (GBE) / Harri Heliovaara (FIN)

[sameerph]

Bops and Ebden upset the 4th seed in QF.

At ABN AMRO Open, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ATP 500 ( Indoor hard)

[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND) / Mathew Ebden (AUS) d. (4) Lloyd Glasspool (GBE) / Harri Heliovaara (FIN) 62 61

Next,

[SF] Rohan Bopanna (IND) / Mathew Ebden (AUS) vs. Kevin Krawietz (GER) /Tim Puetz (GER)

Krawitez and Puetz had upset the top seeds Koolhof and Skupski in the first round.

[sameerph]

They are thru to the final.

At ABN AMRO Open, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ATP 500 ( Indoor hard)

[SF] Rohan Bopanna (IND) / Mathew Ebden (AUS) d. Kevin Krawietz (GER) /Tim Puetz (GER) 64 64

Their final will be against winner of 3rd seeds Dodig/Krajicek and Gille/Vilegen.

[jayakris]

Just when you start to think that Bops may be getting done, he would say, "not so fast, my friend"

[suresh]

Just when you start to think that Bops may be getting done, he would say, "not so fast, my friend"

I didn't think that he was/is done. It is just that he tends to fold at important points (in a match) something Leander or Sania don't do. I believe that if had that mind-set, he would have had a much better career (not that he has had a shabby one).

[sameerph]

Bops and Ebden lost a very close one in the final.

At ABN AMRO Open, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ATP 500 ( Indoor hard)

[F] Rohan Bopanna (IND) / Mathew Ebden (AUS) l. (3) Ivan Dodig (CRO) / Austin Krajicek (USA) 67(5) 62 10-12

Bops and Ebden won 8 more points than their opponents but it was all in second set where they had 11 points lead. In first set and in match tiebreak where there were down 3 points and those 3 points proved enough in the end.

Anyway, Rohan will move up 1 spot to 17 this week in the rankings. More importantly, he has arrested the slide which looked like happening with 4 straight losses before this week.

[Omkara]

Aah that hurts. Well played Bops!

[sameerph]

Rohan and Ebden are thru to QF at Indian Wells.

At ATP Masters 1000, Indian Wells, California, USA

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND) / Mathew Ebden (AUS) d. Rafael Matos (BRA) / David Vega Harnandez (ESP) 75 36 10-6

[R2] Rohan Bopanna (IND) / Mathew Ebden (AUS) d. Grigor Dimotrov (BUL) / Hubert Hurkacz (POL) walkover

Next,

[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND) / Mathew Ebden (AUS) vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) / Denis Shapovalov (CAN)

[Atithee]

^^Wasn’t Denis Rohan’s partner for a long time earlier?

[sameerph]

^^Wasn’t Denis Rohan’s partner for a long time earlier?

Yes, he was. I think at some slams too. So, they will know a lot about each other's game.

[arjun2761]

Denis is primarily a singles player who plays doubles in some of the bigger events, so makes sense for Rohan to partner with another doubles specialist.

[sameerph]

Bops and Ebden thru to semi final.

At ATP Masters 1000, Indian Wells, California, USA

[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND) / Mathew Ebden (AUS) d. Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) / Denis Shapovalov (CAN) 64 75

Next,

[SF] Rohan Bopanna (IND) / Mathew Ebden (AUS) vs. John Isner (USA) / Jack Sock (USA)

Rohan is now 13 in the live rankings, highest since 2016.

[jayakris]

BIg win! I have a busy week of work and cannot go to Indian Wells (2 hour drive)... Would have loved to go cheer Bops