{"id":13124,"date":"2024-02-02T04:39:09","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T04:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/rohan-bopanna-43-year-old-australian-open-doubles-champion-sets-sights-on-wimbledon-title\/"},"modified":"2024-02-02T04:39:10","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T04:39:10","slug":"rohan-bopanna-43-year-old-australian-open-doubles-champion-sets-sights-on-wimbledon-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/rohan-bopanna-43-year-old-australian-open-doubles-champion-sets-sights-on-wimbledon-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Rohan Bopanna: 43-year-old Australian Open doubles champion sets sights on Wimbledon title"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Record-breaker Rohan Bopanna wants to make more history by adding the Wimbledon doubles title to his CV.<\/b><\/p>\n

Bopanna, 43, became the oldest major men’s doubles winner<\/a> with Matthew Ebden at the Australian Open last month, and is the oldest tennis world number one.<\/a><\/p>\n

India’s Bopanna reached the semi-finals at Wimbledon in 2023 and has ambitions to go further this year.<\/p>\n

“Growing up in India Wimbledon was the only Grand Slam shown on TV,” Bopanna told BBC World Service Sport.<\/p>\n

LISTEN: Bopanna on becoming the oldest male player to win a Grand Slam<\/a><\/p>\n

“I have a really close connection [with Wimbledon]. In 2023 we ended up losing to the eventual champions, [Neal] Skupski and [Wesley] Koolhof.<\/p>\n

“I’d love to get back there, get myself in a great position and hopefully Matt and I can do Wimbledon together.”<\/p>\n

It took 61 attempts with 19 different partners for Bopanna to win his first doubles Grand Slam title when he and Ebden beat Italians Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori 7-6 (7-0) 7-5 in the final, and he said he took “a nice nap” to help “calm the nerves down” before the match.<\/p>\n

Bopanna teamed up with Ebden at the start of 2023 and has since set several records, including becoming the oldest Masters champion, the oldest finalist at a Grand Slam and the oldest player to win a match at the ATP Finals.<\/p>\n

“Today I feel when I’m at the top there’s no real reason to stop, and I really feel I’m enjoying travelling still,” Bopanna said.<\/p>\n

“I’m still competing against the best in the world, winning tournaments, now winning the Grand Slam also. I really feel as long as I enjoy it and I’m not forcing myself to be there, I can still keep going as much as possible.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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