Rohan Bopanna is about to play with Nicolas Barrientos at subsequent yr’s Australian Open, the top-ranked Indian males’s doubles participant confirmed on social media.
World No. 49 Barrientos is a 37-year-old right-handed participant from Colombia. He has gained one doubles title on the ATP Tour.
The 44-year-old Bopanna, at the moment ranked fifteenth, gained his maiden Main in males’s doubles in Melbourne final yr with Matthew Ebden. It made Bopanna the oldest man ever to win a Grand Slam and in addition helped him to succeed in the highest of the ATP Rankings.
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Bopanna’s two-year partnership with Australia’s Ebden ended after the duo crashed out of the ATP Finals within the group stage in Turin. The 2 had paired up initially of the 2023 season and gained 4 titles collectively whereas additionally ending runner-up at US Open 2023.
Subsequent yr’s Australian Open shall be held from January 12 to 26.