Rohan Bopanna, 43, creates history, becomes oldest-ever Grand Slam champion
Bopanna also became the oldest player to achieve No.1 ranking in men's doubles.
Bopanna also became the oldest player to achieve No.1 ranking in men's doubles.
The Rohan-Rutuja duo struggled in the initial set of the match and lost the first set against Chinese Taipei's En-shuo Liang and Tsung-hao Huang by 6-2.
An emotional Rohit Rajpal, India’s non-playing captain said, the team is going to miss him.
India’s star tennis player Bopanna recently made history by becoming the oldest player to compete in the Grand Slam final when he appeared at the US Open doubles final last week.
The 43-year-old remains the only Indian in the fray in the men’s doubles event after Yuki Bhambri and Saketh Myneni made first round exits.
India's Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden stormed into the quarterfinals of the men's doubles at Wimbledon here, beating David Pel and Reese Stalder in the Round of 16.
"It feels really good of course. You know you're on the right path and this gives you that extra cherry on top, I feel," Middelkoop said.
The former world No. 3 in doubles feels Ramkumar's energy and passion allows him to play his best tennis and is looking forward to having another great week in Pune.
Both Saina and Bopanna had earlier crashed out of the women's and men's doubles events, respectively, after losing their first-round matches.
Rohan Bopanna and his Danish Partner Frederick Nielsen went down to Marcelo Arevalo of Uruguay and Tomislav Brkic of Bosnia-Herzegovina.