Bopanna happy to have made the doubles semifinals at Wimbledon

Rohan Bopanna is delighted to be back home after a successful Wimbledon stint, having made the doubles semifinals with Matthew Ebden. He is now No. 7 in the world rankings and is looking forward to the Toronto Masters, Davis Cup tie in Lucknow, and Asian Games in Hangzhou. Bopanna changed his racquet string pattern for Wimbledon, trusting his instincts, and is now No. 3 in the race for the year end championship in Turin.

Rohan Bopanna is happy to be back home after the successful stint in Wimbledon. He was particularly pleased to have made the doubles semifinals with Matthew Ebden, after having skipped the event last year.

“We won some close matches. We could have easily got out in the first round. We were match points down. It was battle after battle. When you play with a regular partner, you are able to find a way to come through such matches. It was fantastic to be playing the semifinals in Wimbledon. The last time was in 2015”, said the 43-year-old Bopanna, who has risen to be No. 7 in the world.

Bopanna had made the semifinals of Wimbledon doubles in 2015 with Florin Mergea of Romania and in 2013 with Edouard Roger-Vasselin of France.

“At last, I got to play with one partner for six months after a long time. The last time was 2015”, said Bopanna, as he put things in perspective.

He was happy that the doubles matches were reduced to best-of-three sets at Wimbledon.

“I don’t think my body can handle best of five sets. The two-week tournament literally got reduced to a single week event for us. We played Monday to Thursday every day, from the second round”, said Bopanna.