The ATP Finals men’s doubles event saw Indian tennis player Rohan Bopanna and his Australian partner Matthew Ebden move to the semi-finals after taking down Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski in straight sets. The Bopanna-Ebden duo defeated Koolhof (the Netherlands) and Skupski (Great Britain) 6-4, 7-6(5) in an 84-minute Red Group qualifying match.
The third-seeded Indian-Australian pair outperformed themselves on the serve, taking 88 percent (35/40) of the points behind their opening stroke to move up to 2-1 in the Red Group.
Bopanna and Ebden advanced from Red Group to the knockout stages, joining reigning champions Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury, after winning their 40th tour-level match of the year.
Bopanna, 43, made history earlier this week by being the oldest player to win a match in the tournament’s history. When Bopanna and Ebden paired up for the first time this season, they had a successful year that included victories at the tour level in Doha and Indian Wells.