It was Rohan Bopanna's 20th ATP doubles title and first for Ramkumar Ramanathan, who was playing only in his second summit clash at this level, having ended a runner-up at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in 2018.
The Indian pair of Rohan Bopanna and Ramkumar Ramanathan will face top seeds Ivan Dodig of Croatia and Brazilian Marcelo Melo in the final of the of the Adelaide International.
The unseeded Indian pair of Ramkumar Ramanathan and Rohan Bopanna will clash with the fourth seeded Bosnian-Mexican duo of Tomislav Brkic and Santiago Gonzalez for a spot in the final.
The Indian pair will face the winner of another pre-quarterfinal match that takes place between French-Monegasque duo of Benjamin Bonzi and Hugo Nys and Belgian combination of Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen.
Sania Mirza partnered with Ukrainian Nadiia Kichenok to beat second seeds Gabriella Dabrowski and Giuliana Olmos 1-6, 6-3, 10-8 in the WTA 500 event. The pair of Ramkumar Ramanathan and Rohan Bopanna won in ATP 250 men's event.
Both Prajnesh Gunneswaran and Ramkumar had lost their singles matches on Friday and to stay alive in the tie, the Indians needed to win the doubles.
Being India's second-best ranked player, Ramkumar will be up against Finland’s No.1 Emil Ruusuvuori on the opening day of the tie.
Bopanna and Dodig, seeded 13th, lost 7-6(4), 4-6, 6-7(3) to the Australian Open runners-up pair of Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury
They next face fourth seeds Rajeev Ram of the USA and Joe Salisbury of Great Britain, the Australian Open runners-up this season
AITA also released correspondence with the International Tennis Federation (ITF) concerning the qualification of India's men doubles team for the Tokyo Olympics
Sania Mirza took to Twitter to support Rohan Bopanna's claim that the 'AITA has mislead the players, government, media and everyone else'
Nagal was ranked 144 on June 14, when ATP rankings were to be considered for direct entries but consistent withdrawals helped him make the cut
Many players, who did not make the cut earlier, have announced their participation even as the ITF has not officially made public the cut-off mark
14th seed pair of Jean Julien-Roger and Andreja Klepac defeated the Indian pair 6-3, 3-6 [11-9]
This was the first time in the open era that two Indian teams competed against each other at a Grand Slam tournament
The ITF will announce on July 5 which players have made it to the draws and Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan will get an idea by the end of June to know their fate
Bopanna and Shapovalov went down 6-4 3-6 10-5 against their German opponents Alexander Zverev and Tim Puetz to crash out of the ATP Masters 1000 tournament.
It will be the first time that Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-haq Qureshi, known as 'Indo-Pak Express' will play together since 2014
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