TENNIS
Bopanna-Ebden pair reaches Paris Masters quarterfinals
Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden progressed to the lads’s doubles quarterfinals on the Paris Masters on Tuesday with a straight-sets win over Alexander Zverev and Marcelo Melo.
Bopanna-Ebden, the third-seeded Indo-Australian pair, defeated the unseeded German-Brazilian duo of Zverev and Melo 6-4, 7-6(5).
Bopanna and Ebden have certified for the season-ending ATP Finals, marking the Indian’s fourth look within the event.
The ATP Finals, set for November 10-17 in Turin, function solely the highest eight doubles groups globally.
Bopanna and Ebden started their season with a title-winning run on the Australian Open because the Indian grew to become the oldest man at 43 years, 331 days to turn into World No 1. They later added a Miami Open title to their resume.
Additionally they reached the ultimate in Adelaide and the French Open semifinals.
Ultimately 12 months’s ATP Finals, Bopanna and Ebden misplaced to Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos within the semifinals.
-Staff Sportstar