NEW YORK: Rohan Bopanna is 43 and owning it. On Thursday, playing in unforgiving conditions, the 6-feet-4-inch Indian, in tandem with the rock-solid Aussie Matthew Ebden, made the US Open men’s doubles final.
The sixth seeds rallied to beat the French pair of Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut 7-6 (3), 6-2.
Bopanna, in the final here in New York 13 years after his maiden charge in the men’s doubles in 2010, became the oldest men’s Grand Slam finalist of the Open Era. At 43 years and six months, he beat Daniel Nestor’s record.
