The world quantity one-ranked males’s doubles tennis star Rohan Bopanna on Friday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi following his historic Australian Open title win. Rohan took to X (previously Twitter) to share some photos of his assembly with the Prime Minister. Bopanna gifted the racquet which helped him develop into the world’s high ranked males’s doubles participant in addition to secured him the Australian Open grand slam title. He is the oldest first-time world number-one in tennis.

Bopanna wrote: “I had the privilege to meet our honourable Prime Minister Modi ji today. This acknowledgement is very humbling & it was my honour to present the very racket that led me to become World No. 1 and the AO grand slam champion. Your grace has left me inspired & encouraged.”

I had the privilege to fulfill our honourable Prime Minister Modi ji immediately. This acknowledgement may be very humbling & it was my honour to current the very racket that led me to develop into World no. 1 and the AO grand slam champion. Your grace has left me impressed & inspired. @PMOIndia pic.twitter.com/R01Ae00RrR

— Rohan Bopanna (@rohanbopanna) February 2, 2024

The Prime Minister additionally took to X and retweeted Bopanna’s tweet with a caption: “Glad to have met you. Your accomplishment makes India proud and your dedication motivates several people. My best wishes for your endeavours ahead.”

Glad to have met you @rohanbopanna. Your accomplishment makes India proud and your dedication motivates a number of folks. My greatest needs in your endeavours forward. https://t.co/uZZx1LUHKL

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) February 2, 2024

In the summit conflict on Saturday, Bopanna and Matthew Ebden dominated on serve all through the one-hour, 40-minute match, profitable 80 per cent (40/50) of video games with their first supply and never dealing with a break level to high off a incredible week.

The duo defeated Italy’s Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori in straight units 7-6, 7-5 in an exciting encounter.

Bopanna, who made his seventeenth Australian Open look on this version, comfortably wrapped up his maiden Grand Slam males’s doubles title victory. Aged 43 years 329 days, he additionally grew to become the oldest Grand Slam champion.

The Indian tennis participant can also be the third Indian man within the Open Era to win a significant males’s doubles title, following Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi.

This was Bopanna’s second Grand Slam triumph, his first in males’s doubles. His earlier Grand Slam victory got here in combined doubles with Gabriela Dabrowski of Canada on the 2017 French Open.