India’s Rohan Bopanna and Ramkumar Ramanathan defeated fourth-seeded Tomislav Brikic and Santiago Gonzalez in straight units to enter the ultimate of the Adelaide International.
The unseeded Indian pair defeated the Bosnian-Mexican pair 6-2, 6-4 within the doubles semi-finals. The Indians will now lock horns with Croatia’s high seed Ivan Dodig and Brazil’s Marcelo Melo within the summit conflict of the ATP 250 occasion.
It shall be an fascinating match because the 41-year-old Bopanna and Dodig have typically teamed up collectively, most lately on the US Open in September when each have been knocked out within the third spherical. Bopanna and Ramkumar, who made their first pairing on the ATP tour, have had a superb week up to now.
Both gained the event in straight units besides in a second spherical match in opposition to the American pair of Nathaniel Lammons and Jackson Withrow, once they have been prolonged to an excellent tie-breaker.
The Adelaide occasion is a tune-up event for the Australian Open starting in Melbourne on 17 January.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
