'Burden Lifted and I Fell to the Ground': Rohan Bopanna Opens Up on Historic Australian Open Title
News 18Indian tennis icon Rohan Bopanna, who recently achieved the men’s doubles World No.1 Rank for the first time in his career and topped it off with his maiden Grand Slam title at the Australian Open doubles event at the wise-old age of 43 serves as an inspiration for budding sportsmen. Bopanna, who crashed to the court in jubilation after his 7-6, 7-5 win alongside teammate Matthew Ebden over the Italian duo of Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori in the champions clash at the Rod Laver Arena, said that the feeling of winning a major title levied him off a huge burden. Bopanna and Ebden opened their championship run with a 7-6, 4-6, 7-6 first-round win over James Duckworth and Marc Polmans before posting a 6-2, 6-4 triumph over John Millman and Edward Winter in the second round. Bopanna and his teammate worked their way past Wesly Koolhof and Nikola Mektic in the third round with a 7-6, 7-6 win before getting the better of Maximo Gonzales and Andreas Molteni in their 6-4, 7-6 fourth-round victory.
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All those years of struggle, sacrifice... felt like the weight was off my shoulders: Bopanna
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