File-breaker Rohan Bopanna desires to make extra historical past by including the Wimbledon doubles title to his CV.
Bopanna, 43, grew to become the oldest main males’s doubles winner with Matthew Ebden on the Australian Open final month, and is the oldest tennis world primary.
India’s Bopanna reached the semi-finals at Wimbledon in 2023 and has ambitions to go additional this yr.
“Rising up in India Wimbledon was the one Grand Slam proven on TV,” Bopanna instructed BBC World Service Sport.
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“I’ve a extremely shut connection [with Wimbledon]. In 2023 we ended up shedding to the eventual champions, [Neal] Skupski and [Wesley] Koolhof.
“I would like to get again there, get myself in an incredible place and hopefully Matt and I can do Wimbledon collectively.”
It took 61 makes an attempt with 19 completely different companions for Bopanna to win his first doubles Grand Slam title when he and Ebden beat Italians Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori 7-6 (7-0) 7-5 within the ultimate, and he mentioned he took “a pleasant nap” to assist “calm the nerves down” earlier than the match.
Bopanna teamed up with Ebden initially of 2023 and has since set a number of data, together with turning into the oldest Masters champion, the oldest finalist at a Grand Slam and the oldest participant to win a match on the ATP Finals.
“At present I really feel once I’m on the prime there is no actual motive to cease, and I actually really feel I am having fun with travelling nonetheless,” Bopanna mentioned.
“I am nonetheless competing towards the most effective on the earth, profitable tournaments, now profitable the Grand Slam additionally. I actually really feel so long as I take pleasure in it and I am not forcing myself to be there, I can nonetheless preserve going as a lot as attainable.”
