India’s Rohan Bopanna and Australia’s Matthew Ebden re-wrote historical past on Saturday because the duo claimed its maiden Australian Open males’s doubles title. The pair defeated the Italian duo of Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori in straight units 7-6 (7-0), 7-5, in Melbourne. Bopanna additionally celebrated turning into the oldest primary in males’s doubles historical past. It was their maiden title as a workforce and Bopanna’s first in males’s doubles after 60 earlier Grand Slams — a report for many makes an attempt earlier than profitable.

After their dominating win, needs began pouring in from everywhere in the world and the members of the Indian cricket fraternity have been additionally fast to congratulate. 

India cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar took to X and praised Bopanna on attaining the massive feat at on the age of 43. 

Your second can arrive anytime, wherever. Just ask @rohanbopanna, who at 43, seized it on the grand stage of the @AustralianOpen. Keep coaching, maintain dreaming and be ready to step up when your time comes.#AusOpen pic.twitter.com/WdDGzjfufW

— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) January 27, 2024

Former India opener Virender Sehwag additionally shared good needs to the tennis star. 

What a narrative. What an inspiration @rohanbopanna .

Congratulations on turning into the #AusOpen Doubles Champion. pic.twitter.com/8NC1NVdboH

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) January 27, 2024

Apart from them, former India pacer Venkatesh Prasad and VVS Laxman additionally shared their respective needs on social media. 

At 43, The eldest to win a Grand Slam title within the Open Era.

Absolute champion, Rohan Bopanna.

The stuff of desires and one among India’s most inspirational sporting story to turn out to be a Doubles Champion on the #AusOpen pic.twitter.com/tbae5y6wgf

— Venkatesh Prasad (@venkateshprasad) January 27, 2024

Not age however our spirit that defines us.

Many congratulations Rohan Bopanna & Matthew Ebden on profitable the Australian Open Doubles title.

Truly inspirational @rohanbopanna #AusOpen2024 pic.twitter.com/bunPEHAWuP

— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) January 27, 2024

Talking concerning the match, it was such hard-fought battle on the Rod Laver enviornment that the competition featured just one break of serve when Vavassori dropped his serve at love in recreation 11 of the second set. There weren’t many break factors on provide both.

Bopanna additionally grew to become solely the third Indian to win a males’s doubles Grand Slam title. In a high-quality recreation of tennis, Bopanna and Ebden received the ultimate that lasted one hour and 39 minutes.

Only the enduring Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi have received Major titles for India in males’s tennis whereas trailblazer Sania Mirza did it in ladies’s tennis.

For Bopanna it’s his second Grand Slam title, having received the French Open blended doubles with Canada’s Gabriela Dabrowski in 2017.

At 43, Bopanna additionally grew to become the oldest Grand Slam champion in males’s tennis. He bettered the report of Jean-Julien Rojer who, at age of 40, had lifted the French Open males’s doubles trophy in 2022 with Marcelo Arevola.

(With PTI Inputs)