Rohan Bopanna's Ageless Australian Open Feat Inspires Anand Mahindra 'To Go Back' To...

As soon as a 43-year-old Rohan Bopanna clinched his maiden Australian Open title with a straight sets victory in the men's doubles final, Chairman of the Mahindra Group, Anand Mahindra praised him for the historic feat and said that the player has inspired him to pick the tennis racquet again and go back on the tennis court. Bopanna became the oldest-ever man to win a Grand Slam. He paired with local player Matthew Ebden to clinch the historic feat in Melbourne.

"Hey Rohan Bopanna, you've inspired me to go fiercely back on the Tennis courts again...no matter how tired my game is. Thank you for demonstrating so clearly that age is, indeed, just a number," wrote Anand Mahindra on X, formerly Twitter.

Hey @rohanbopanna , you've inspired me to go fiercely back on the Tennis courts again...no matter how tired my game is.

Thank you for demonstrating so clearly that age is, indeed, just a number....

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Rohan Bopanna became only the third Indian to win a men's doubles Grand Slam title, taking the Australian Open crown with partner Matthew Ebden following a commanding win over Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori, here on Saturday.

In a high-quality game of tennis, second seeded Bopanna and Ebden won 7-6(0) 7-5 in the final that lasted one hour and 39 minutes.

Only the iconic Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi have won Major titles for India in men's tennis while trailblazer Sania Mirza did it in women's tennis.

For Bopanna it is his second Grand Slam title, having won the French Open mixed doubles with Canada's Gabriela Dabrowski in 2017.

At 43, Bopanna also became the oldest Grand Slam champion in men's tennis. He bettered the record of Jean-Julien Rojer who, at age of 40, had lifted the French Open men's