Pune: Rohan Bopanna and Ramkumar Ramanathan won the title of the second ATP world tour together after hating leading superior Luke Saville and John-Patrick Smith in the final of the Maharashtra Open Tata on Sunday.
Indians remove the first set deficit to win 6-7 (10), 6-3, 10-6 in one hour and 44 minutes.
Bopanna and Ramkumar were combined as a team on the ATP tour for the first time at the Adelaide event last month in run-up to the Australian Open and won the trophy.
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https://t.co/BWLJSKMPLV- Tata open Maharashtra (@maharashtraopen) 1644151238000For Bopanna, it is a double-double title The 21st for Ramkumar was the second trophy at this level and it would push it into a double-100 for the first time in his career.
They divided USD 16370 as a prize money and produced 250 points of each rank.
Bopanna has won this event with compatriot in divir Sharan in 2019.
Big Serves marked the beginning of the contest with only Ramkumar and Luke lost their respective points in the first four matches.
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https://t.co/jh0TJ9CQBX- Open to Maharashtra (@maharashtraopen) 16441524555000Bopanna Error volley on a return from Luke made it 30-all in the fifth game but Ramkumar pulled Ace and followed it with others.
Serves to lead 3-2.
The Indian team had the opportunity to violate Patrick-Smith’s serving in the next match when Luke made a mistake while trying overhead volleyball at 40-30 but the opportunity could not be used because Australia served a large service at Deuce Point.
Australians also created a chance to rest on Ramkumar serve in the ninth match when they found two service and Indian return winners who presented a double error at 40-30 but the home team was held successfully.
Resistant comfortable in love by Patrick-Smith made it 5-5.
Finally needed a tie-break to decide the first set.
Both teams have a number of points stipulated because Indians waste two chances and three Australians before changing their fourth.
They got the chance when Bopanna made a mistake that was not delayed in the 10-all and Ramkumar scored forehand at a set point.
In the second set, the Duo India needed a good start and they got it by breaking Luke Luke in the third match when Australia made a volleyball mistake on deuce point.
Bopanna saved the opportunity to rest on her service in the next match to keep their nose ahead.
Patrick-Smith served to stay in the ninth and damaged match to allow the Indian team to force a super tie breaker.
At 30-all, the exciting rally occurs between two pairs.
Luke blinked to give the First Set Point that they converted when Bopanna sent a volleyball winner easily.
Bopanna and Ramkumar dominated STB to secure the title.