By PTIMELBOURNE: Teaming up for the first-time on the ATP Tour, India's Rohan Bopanna and Ramkumar Ramanathan won the Adelaide International doubles trophy with a hard-fought 7-6 (6) 6-1 win over top seeds Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo here on Sunday. "When Ramkumar is serving by your side, you can finish the point early, so that was an advantage," said Bopanna. Bopanna and Ramkumar will split USD 18700 as prize money and earned 250 ranking points each. At 6-6, Bopanna found a service return winner on Melo's serve to earn their second set point and converted with his booming serve. It was one-way traffic in the second set with the Indians dominating all through.

Source: Indian Express January 10, 2022 03:29 UTC