Bopana, Oldest Person to Win a Major Tennis Tournament
43 year old Bopana Becomes the Oldest Person to Win a Major Tennis Tournament... "60th 61st"
Sakamoto wins Australian Open Junior Men"s Singles... Second as a Japanese player
Australian Open doubles winners Bopana (left) and Ebden."
Rohan Bopana (India) won the men"s doubles match at the Australian Open tennis tournament (total prize money of 86.5 million Australian dollars, approximately 76.1 billion won), succeeding in the "60 out of 61".
Bopana, who was paired with Matthew Ebden (Australia), defeated Simone Bolelli and Andrea Babasori (Italy) 2-0 (7-6<7-0> 7-) in the men"s doubles final held in Melbourne, Australia on the 27th.
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Bopana, born in 1980, enjoyed the joy of winning for the first time in his 61st appearance in men"s doubles at a major tournament.
Bopana, who made his major tournament debut 16 years ago in the 2008 Australian Open men"s doubles, has been the runner-up in men"s doubles at the 2010 and 2023 US Opens.
With this win, Bopana sets the record for the oldest woman.
First, with this win, he becomes No. 1 in the men"s doubles world rankings for the first time in his life, making him the oldest person to be No. 1 in history.
The previous record was 41 years and 76 days when Mike Brian (USA) became world number one in July 2019.
As of the 29th, when the world rankings are announced, Bopana becomes the world number one in men"s doubles at 43 years and 331 days old.
Additionally, the record for the oldest major tournament men"s doubles championship also goes to Bopana.
The previous record in this category was achieved by Jean-Julien Roger (France) at the age of 40 at the 2022 French Open.
“A few years ago, I told my family I had to quit tennis,” Bopana said in an interview after winning.
“At that time, I had not won a single game for almost five months.”
Rohan Bopana asked the crowd, “Do you all know how old I am?” and then said, “Let me change that a little.
I’m not 43 years old, I’m level 43,” showing the composure of a veteran.
Meanwhile, Rei Sakamoto (Junior No. 7, Japan) won the junior men"s singles event at this tournament.
Sakamoto is the second Japanese player to win the junior men"s singles title in a major tournament this year, after Shintaro Mochizuki at Wimbledon in 2019.
In Japan, Tokito Oda won the wheelchair men"s singles, and Yui Kamiji took second place in the wheelchair women"s singles.