Rohan Bopanna thread...

[sameerph]

^^ You are correct. A win in SF will take him 5720 points and ahead of current #5 Rajeev Ram.

[sameerph]

And Bops continues his terrific season to make to his third masters final of the year and he is now in top 5 in live rankings.

At ATP Masters 1000, Shanghai, China (Hard)

[SF] (4) Rohan Bopanna (IND) /Matthew Ebden (AUS) d. Sadio Doumbia (FRA) / Fabien Reboul (FRA) 76(0) 46 10-2

Next,

[F] (4) Rohan Bopanna (IND) /Matthew Ebden (AUS) vs. (7) Marcel Granollers (ESP) / Horacio Zeballos (ARG)

[Prem]

Great result for Rohan and Ebden and with that win the pair qualify for the year-end championships, which will be held in Turin from 12-19 November.
Good to see them secure a place in this prestigious event, especially Rohan who is nearly 44!!

[jayakris]

What an unbelievable year Bops has had. Totally unexpected. Now he is getting even closer to having enough points to qualify for another Olympics at age 44.

[sameerph]

They lost in the final after winning the first set.

At ATP Masters 1000, Shanghai, China (Hard)

[F] (4) Rohan Bopanna (IND) /Matthew Ebden (AUS) l. (7) Marcel Granollers (ESP) / Horacio Zeballos (ARG) 75 26 7-10

[sameerph]

Bops and Ebden thru to their 4th masters semi final of the year in Paris.

At Paris Masters 1000, France (Hard)

[R1] (3) Rohan Bopanna (IND) /Matthew Ebden (AUS) bye
[R2] (3) Rohan Bopanna (IND) /Matthew Ebden (AUS) d. Novak Djokovic (SRB) / Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB) Walkover
[QF] (3) Rohan Bopanna (IND) /Matthew Ebden (AUS) d. Marcel Granollers (ESP) / Horacio Zeballos (ARG) 63 62

Next,

[SF] (3) Rohan Bopanna (IND) /Matthew Ebden (AUS) vs. Harri Heliovaara (GRE) / Mate Pavic (CRO)

[sameerph]

And they are thru to their 4th masters final of the year.

At Paris Masters 1000, France (Hard)

[SF] (3) Rohan Bopanna (IND) /Matthew Ebden (AUS) d. Harri Heliovaara (GRE) / Mate Pavic (CRO) 67(4) 64 10-6

Next,

[F] (3) Rohan Bopanna (IND) /Matthew Ebden (AUS) vs. (7) Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) /Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA)

Bops and Ebden have beaten this pair twice this year but both were in clay season in April. If they win the title Bops will move to world #4 from the current position of #8 and Eben will move to #2.

[sameerph]

They lost in the final though.

At Paris Masters 1000, France (Hard)

[F] (3) Rohan Bopanna (IND) /Matthew Ebden (AUS) l. (7) Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) /Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) 26 75 7-10

Third consecutive big tournament where they lost in finals, first US open, Shanghai masters and than here.

[sameerph]

Bops and Ebden are thru to the semi finals of year ending finals with 2 out of 3 wins in group stage.

[M1] Rohan Bopanna (IND) /Matthew Ebden (AUS) d. Rajeev Ram (USA) /Joe Salisbury (GBR) 36 46

[M2] Rohan Bopanna (IND) /Matthew Ebden (AUS) d. Rinky Hijikata (AUS) / Jason Kubler (AUS) 64 64

[M3] Rohan Bopanna (IND) /Matthew Ebden (AUS) d. Wesley Koolhof (NED) /Neal Skupski (GBR) 65 76(5)

Their SF opponents will be determined later today.

[vparam]

Bops 2 wins from becoming the number 1 player in the world. If he accomplishes this, I would imagine he would be by far the oldest player to achieve this ranking for the first time.

[kaustav]

In the Semifinal they face Granollers Zabalos at 4:30 PM IST ... The way they defeated their opponents in last two matches hopefully they would win

[kaustav]

They lost tamely to the Spanish Argentine pair 5-7,4-6 ... Watched the match ...Bops played quite well but today is not the day for Ebden... Hard luck

[Omkara]

But well played bops.Tremendous edfort

[sameerph]

Yes, terrific effort and terrific year for Bops. He will finish the year as world #3, his highest year end ranking ever. He had his best year at 43.

[sameerph]

Bops and Ebden are thru to the final in their first tournament together in 2024.

At Adelaide International 250, Australia (Hard)

[R1] (2) Rohan Bopanna (IND) /Matthew Ebden (AUS) d. Andre Goransson (SWE) /Albano Olivetti (ITA) Walkover
[QF] (2) Rohan Bopanna (IND) /Matthew Ebden (AUS) d. Nicolas Barrientos (COL) /Rafael Matos (BRA) 62 67(4) 10-7
[SF] (2) Rohan Bopanna (IND) /Matthew Ebden (AUS) d.Gonzalo Escobar (ECU) / Aleksandr Nedovyesov (KAZ) 64 64

Next,

[F] (2) Rohan Bopanna (IND) /Matthew Ebden (AUS) vs. (3) Rajeev Ram (USA) / Joe Salisbury (GBR)