Rohan Bopanna wins Miami Open 2024 Doubles Title
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44 years old star Indian tennis player Rohan Bopanna along with his Australian partner Matthew Ebden won the 2024 Miami Open Tennis men’s doubles title at the Hard Rock Stadium in Florida ,United States of America on 31 March 2024. In the women’s singles American Danielle Collins won her first major title while in the men’s singles Italian tennis player Jannik Sinner was crowned the champion.
Rohan Bopanna reclaims World No.1 Rank
The duo of Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden defeated the pair of Croatia’s Ivan Dodig and American Austin Krajicek despite losing the first set. With this victory, the duo of Bopanna and Eden reclaimed their world No.1 rank in the ATP men’s double ranking.
At the age of 44 , Bopanna also broke his own record to become the oldest player to win an ATP 1000 Masters Championship. Rohan Bopanna along with Ebden had won the Indian Wells tournament last year and at the age of 43 years,Bopanna set the world record of being the oldest player to win an ATP 1000 Master title.
After Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupati and Sania Mirza, Bopanna became the fourth Indian to win the Miami Open title.
American Danielle Collins wins Miami Open Women’s Single Title
American tennis player Danielle Collins defeated Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan in the final to win one of her biggest titles in her career as a professional tennis player. It was her first WTA(Women Tennis Association) 1000 title and her first title since 2021. She has already announced her retirement from international tennis at the end of the year.
She became the sixth American woman to win the Miami Open after Martina Navratilova, Chris Evert, Venus Williams, Serena Williams and Sloane Stephens.
Jannik Sinner winner of Miami Open Title
Italian Jannik Sinner defeated Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov in the final to win the Miami Open Master 1000 title.This was the first title win for Jannik in the Miami Open after his loss in finals to Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz in 2021 and Daniil Medvedev in 2023.
It was the third title of the season for Jannik Sinner. Jannik Sinner won the 2024 Australian Open singles title and the Rotterdam Indoors.
The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) is the world's main organising body for men’s professional tennis. The Women's Tennis Association (WTA ) is the organising body for women’s professional tennis. The ATP Masters 1000 title winner gets 1000 ATP ranking points while the WTA 1000 title winner gets 1000 ATP ranking points.
