Tennis-Bopanna cool as ice in making history at Australian Open


  • Tennis
  • Sunday, 28 Jan 2024

Tennis - Australian Open - Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia - January 27, 2024 India's Rohan Bopanna and Australia's Matthew Ebden celebrate winning the men's doubles final against Italy's Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori REUTERS/Ciro De Luca

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Rohan Bopanna became the oldest male Grand Slam winner in the Open era when he won the Australian Open men's doubles title on Saturday alongside Matthew Ebden, and the 43-year-old Indian puts it all down to his recovery method.

Bopanna and Australia's Ebden saw off the Italian duo of Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori 7-6(0) 7-5, and afterwards Bopanna explained how he keeps in shape.

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