Indian Sports Highlights, January 27: Bopanna becomes oldest man to win Grand Slam title
Catch the highlights of Indian athletes' performances in events happening worldwide on January 27.
FILE PHOTO: Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden at the Australian Open. (Source: Tennis Australia)
Welcome to The Bridge's live coverage of Indian sports, where we guide you through the performances of Indian athletes across diverse sports and global events. This daily blog consolidates sports activities worldwide that hold Indian significance, offering a comprehensive update to keep you well-informed.
As it happened:
Indian Women Hockey5s team Journey at the FIH Women Hockey5s World Cup ends up with a runner-up finish.
They lost 3-7 in the final to the Netherlands at the Muscat, Oman.
Sreeja Akula's dream run at WTT Star Contender, Goa ends with an another gritting clash. She lost in the quarterfinals to world no.18 Cheng-I-Ching of Chinese Taipei.
Earlier, Manika Batra and Archana Girish Kamath losses out in their respective round of 16 matches, meant that Indian campaign at this prestigious event is now over.
Indian tennis stalwart Rohan Bopanna, aged 43, etched his name in the annals of tennis history on Saturday at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne as he clinched the Australian Open men's doubles title and became the oldest man to claim a Grand Slam title.
Paired with Australian partner Matthew Ebden, the duo defeated the Italian pair of Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori in straight sets [7-6, 7-5] in the final.
Rhythm Sangwan and Ujjwal Malik won the air pistol mixed team gold beating the Armenian pair of Karapetyan Elmira and Khlghatyan Benik 17-7 in the final. It was India’s first gold of the ISSF World Cup in Cairo.
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Arjun Babuta and Sonam Maskar won a silver medal in the 10m air rifle Mixed team event on Sunday at the ISSF World Cup - Rifle, Pistol and Shotgun, in Egypt. The Indian pair lost against Great Britain in the final by a margin of 14-16.
Babuta and Maskar were trailing by 6-14, they won the next round but lost the final round.
Sasi Kumar Mukund, the Indian no. 3, reaches the M25 Chennai final.
Mukund has had four good matches this week against non-Indian players and stormed into the final of M25 Chennai. He defeated Netherlands' Jelle Sels 7-5, 6-3.
The Indian player will face Bernard Tomic of Australia in the final of the hard-court event.
Play stopped at the Indonesia Masters Super 500 on Sunday after the fire broke out at Istora Senayan during the semifinals.
The incident raised questions about players' safety at the event.
According to local media reports, the day's first semifinal match between Zhang Shu Xian-Zheng Yu of China and Jongkolphan Kititharakul-Rawinda Prajongjai of Thailand has been postponed temporarily due to the untoward incident. The players left the court unharmed.
Hockey India, on Saturday, named a 24-member Indian women's team squad for the Bhubaneswar and Rourkela legs of the FIH Pro League 2023-24.
The Bhubaneswar leg will begin on February 3 and end on February 9 while the Rourkela leg will commence on February 12 and last till February 18.
Rohan Bopanna and Mathew Ebden will face Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori in the Australian Open men's doubles final. The match is expected to start around 3:15 PM IST.
The WTT Star Contender continues in Goa with Archana Kamath in action in the women's quarterfinal.
Indian shooters are in action at the 2024 ISSF World Cup (Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun) in Cairo, Egypt.
PKL matches continue