Bopanna, Ebden win Australian Open doubles title
MELBOURNE: India’s Rohan Bopanna and Australia’s Matthew Ebden dug deep to win the Australian Open men’s doubles title on Saturday with a 7-6(0) 7-5 win over Italian duo Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori. The second seeds fell to the ground after seeing off their Italian challengers before bowing out to the crowd at Rod Laver Arena. Bopanna becomes the oldest male player at 43 to win a Grand Slam title and the Indian finally tasted success in Australia at a 17th consecutive Open, having missed the mixed doubles final last year and in 2018. “Age really isn’t even a number


