Former World No.1 pair Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden are set to end their association after 2 successful years after the ATP Tour finals in Turin on November 15, Friday. The duo had a challenging start to the campaign as they lost the first 2 matches and will be on the court for their final league game against Germany’s Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz.
Bopanna and Ebden had a strong start to the 2024 season as they won the Australian Open, which helped them claim the No.1 spot. With this, Bopanna created history as he became the oldest World No.1 and the oldest grand slam winner at the age of 44. The duo won the Miami Open and also made it to the semi-finals of the French Open 2024. Bopanna would comment about the pair splitting and said that the first 3 months were great and there were a few challenges in terms of performance.
“It has been an up and down journey. We had a great first three months, and then we had a few challenges along the way in terms of our performance,” said Bopanna.
The Indian star said that the pair is hoping to finish is on a high note at the ATP Tour Finals.
“I think we have had a great two years together, and to finish on a high note, I think it will be beautiful,” added Bopanna. “I think one of the advantages is that you do have a second chance here. Of course, you try and win all the matches, but if that doesn’t happen, you still have a great chance to qualify and do well. It is the only one of a kind tournament we have where we do have a second chance.”
Ebden said that the duop did have a talk at the end of last year and decided to go on for another one.
“Last year, we obviously had a successful season,” Ebden recalled. “We made Turin, and we talked at the end of last year. But this year, we decided that we are going to continue, to go again for another year.
“It was great we did, because we got our outcomes, particularly in January, winning the Australian Open, moving on to winning Miami, and being the No. 1 team. Those were some of our big goals when we started. Now we’ve hit nearly all those goals, we said ‘Let’s try to go together for one more big title [in Turin] and finish on a big high.”
Bopanna would say that he is looking forward to finding a new partner and continue playing in 2025.
”[I’m] looking forward to finding a good partner and definitely looking forward to continuing playing in 2025,” said Bopanna.
Bopanna and Ebden will aim to finish on a high at the ATP Finals in Turin.
