Subscribe Logo
Outlook Logo
Outlook Logo

Sports

Bopanna-Ebden Advance To The Second Round Of US Open 2023

The sixth-seeded team of Bopanna and Ebden easily defeated the Australian team on Wednesday, winning 6-4, 6-2 in just under an hour (55 minutes).

Rohan Bopanna (left) and Matthew Ebden
info_icon

India's Rohan Bopanna?and Matthew Ebden of Australia defeated Christopher O'Connell and Aleksandar Vukic in straight sets to go to the second round of the US Open.?

The sixth-seeded team of Bopanna and Ebden easily defeated the Australian team on Wednesday, winning 6-4, 6-2 in just under an hour (55 minutes).

Bopanna?(43)?and Ebden (35)?each made three of their five break points, denying their opponents any chance to break. The two had a 72% first serve success rate.

The Indo-Australian team, which advanced to the Wimbledon semifinals, took the lead 5-4 after game nine.?

In the second set, the two took advantage of an early break to quickly advance to 5-2 before tying the match.?

Bopanna, who finished second at the US Open in 2010, and Ebden will play the winner of the first-round match between Aleksandar Kovacevic of the USA and Nicolas Moreno De Alboran and Andrey Golubev of Kazakhstan and Roman Safiullin of Russia.
(With PTI inputs)