“I saw him collapse,” Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden re-live the surreal feeling of victory as they break all odds to lift the 2024 Australian Open title

Rohan Bopanna became the oldest player to win a Grand Slam title.

“I saw him collapse,” Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden re-live the surreal feeling of victory as they break all odds to lift the 2024 Australian Open title

Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden celebrate their Grand Slam title win (Image via AusOpen X)

Indo-Australian Men’s tennis doubles pair Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden scripted history on Saturday as the pair won its maiden Grand Slam title.

Bopanna and Ebden reigned supreme at the Rod Laver Arena as they beat the Italian pair of Simone Bolleli and Andrea Vavassori in straight sets of 7-6 (0) and 7-5 in an hour and 39 minutes in the final. 

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Bopanna and Ebden then collapsed to the ground and lay there for a while before hugging each other. The pair was asked about this unique celebration during their post-match press conference. Bopanna explained how he felt like a weight being taken off his shoulder after he hit that winner.

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Bopanna talked about the importance the moment holds for him who became the oldest player to win a Grand Slam title.

It was so much weight on the shoulders when it -- you know, it just came off. Automatically I fell down. (Laughter.) Yeah, I don't know, but yeah, that moment, I don't think you think of how you're going to celebrate or what you're going to celebrate...It was a huge relief, especially in my case. For years and years I've been trying to, you know, get there.
He said

Matthew Ebden agrees with Rohan Bopanna about feeling surreal post Grand Slam title win

Australian Matthew Ebden also talked about the surreal feeling he felt after winning the Grand Slam title in Melbourne.

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Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden (Image via Aus Open X)

Ebden said that he completely agreed with Rohan Bopanna on that feeling when they won the match point. The Australian said that it was a similar feeling when they secured a match point at Wimbledon.

Yeah, yeah, what he said takes me back, I had that same feeling at Wimbledon a couple of years ago, the moment we won a match point. You just lose all comprehension of your body and you collapse. I saw him collapse, and then I was, like, oh, yeah, I'm going to lie down and just enjoy this moment too.
Matthew Ebden said.

Talking about the match, Bopanna and Ebden registered a neat and clean victory as they beat their opponents in straight sets. Throughout the tournament, the Indo-Australian pair dropped only two sets, one against James Duckworth and Marc Polmans and the other against Tomas Machac and Zhizhen Zhang.

In the final, Bopanna and Ebden had to fight it out a bit as the first set went into a tiebreaker. However, the Indo-Australian pair looked unfazed as they won it 7-0. In the second set, Bopanna and Ebden did not repeat their mistakes from the first set and won it 7-5 to win their maiden Grand Slam title.

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