Rohan Bopanna and his Australian associate Matthew Ebden’s hopes of constructing the semifinals on the ATP Finals 2024 are all however over following their second straight defeat on Wednesday. The sixth-seeded Indo-Aussie duo went down 5-7, 3-6 to the top-seeded pair of Marcelo Arevalo from El Salvador and Mate Pavic of Croatia in a 68-minute contest, putting them on the backside of the standings within the Bob Bryan group.
This event marks the final for Bopanna and Ebden as a group, concluding their two-year partnership.
Earlier, they suffered a loss in opposition to the house favorites Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori of their opening match.
Bopanna and Ebden will subsequent face Germany’s Kevin Krawietz and Tim Putz of their last group-stage match, however their probabilities of advancing to the semifinals are slim.
The duo climbed to the No. 1 spot within the ATP Rankings after clinching the Australian Open title earlier this 12 months.
Regardless of a mid-season droop, they earned their spot within the ATP Finals reaching the semifinals at Roland Garros.
Notably, Bopanna made historical past in January changing into the oldest participant to achieve World No. 1 on the age of 43. He has twice received on the prestigious season-ending occasion.
Alcaraz wins
Carlos Alcaraz opened his account on the ATP Finals on Wednesday with an entertaining 6-3, 7-6 (10/8) win over Andrey Rublev which boosted his hopes of reaching the semi-finals.
World quantity three Alcaraz comfortably defeated Rublev to raise himself off the underside of the John Newcombe Group and appeared in a lot better kind regardless of scuffling with fatigue and sickness within the lead-up to the match.
There had been some doubt as as to if Alcaraz, who misplaced his opening match in straight units to Casper Ruud, would proceed in Turin after rapidly ending his coaching session on Tuesday, along with his coach Juan Carlos Ferrero saying that he had bother respiration.
“I could possibly be higher, I am not going to lie,” mentioned Alcaraz on court docket after beating Rublev.
“I have been scuffling with my well being the final week and right now I assumed I used to be going to really feel higher. I used to be OK to play, however fascinated by the primary match I used to be pondering quite a bit about that I used to be sick, that I could not play.
“At the moment I actually needed to step on the court docket and simply take into consideration tennis, attempt to play a excessive stage… Once I performed the primary match I felt like I didn’t entertain the folks, I didn’t play good tennis.”
With AFP inputs
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