In Tennis, unseeded pair of Rohan Bopanna-Ramkumar Ramanathan has won the Adelaide International doubles trophy in Australia. Teaming up for the first-time on the ATP Tour, the Indian pair beat top seed Ivan Dodig-Marcelo Mela in straight sets 7-6, 6-1 to win the trophy. It was Bopanna’s 20th ATP doubles title and first for Ramkumar. In the closely-fought first set of the final, the Indians saved break points to force a tie-breaker. At 6-6, Bopanna found a service return winner on Melo's serve to earn their second set point and converted it on serve. The second set was more one-sided with the Indians saving four break points in the match, and converting both the chances they had.
First ATP event together, first ATP @rohanbopanna and @ramkumar1994 defeat top-seeded Dodig and Melo 7-6 6-1 for the #AdelaideTennis title. pic.twitter.com/lPlTAHMpTt
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) January 9, 2022
Earlier, Bopanna and Ramanathan had outclassed fourth seeds Bosnian-Mexican duo,Tomislav Brkic and Santiago Gonzalez in straight sets 6-2, 6-4 in the doubles semifinals.
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