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For tennis fans, the headlines of the opening Grand Slam event of 2024 was that Novak Djokovic did not win the title. All Indians, though, had a reason to celebrate when 43-year-old Rohan Bopanna clinched the doubles with his Australian partner Matthew Ebden, becoming the oldest man to win a Grand Slam doubles title. Two matches before that, the amiable Coorgi became the oldest world number one in doubles after winning his quarterfinal.
Compared with other Indian doubles specialists, Bopanna isn’t a front-runner: He has two Grand Slams to his name — the first being the mixed doubles French Open
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