Sania Mirza Rohan Bopanna Live: India’s mixed doubles pair of Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna will be in action for one-final time as a pair on Sunday. This will be Sania Mirza’s last appearance in a grand slam, after she announced her retirement in January 2023. The bigger question is who will the India pair play against?. Both Sania and Rohan are up against Brazilian pair of Luisa Stefani and Rafael Matos in the mixed doubles final at the Rod Laver Arena. The match will get underway at 6:30 am IST. Follow Australian Open 2023 LIVE updates on InsideSport.IN
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The Brazilian pair defeated the Australian duo of Olivia Gadecki and MarcPolmans in the semifinals by 4-6, 6-4 & 11-9. The madness about football in South American nations is crazy but it will be the first time a Brazilian lineup will be in the Australian Open finals.
It will be the first Grand Slam final for pairs from Latin America. Luisa had already reached a semifinal in the women’s doubles, at the 2021 US Open, she suffered a serious injury and ended up sidelined for a year. While Matos excels in doubles at ATP-level competition, he has never gone this far in a tournament at this level. His best result at a Major had been the quarterfinals at Roland Garros in the men’s doubles in 2022.
Sania Mirza Rohan Bopanna Live: Who will Rohan Bopanna and Sania Mirza face in Friday’s Australian Open Mixed Doubles Final?
Luisa Stefani is an Olympic Bronze medalist in the women’s double category from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, she is the first Brazilian to crack the WTA top 10. The 25-year-old Stefani is currently ranked 34th in the WTA doubles category. The left-handed Rafael Matos is ranked 29th in the ATP Doubles category.
The right-handed Luisa and Matos are going to try for an unprecedented title for Brazil in tennis on Friday. So far, one totally Brazilian duo had reached a mixed-bracket final. It was with Cláudia Monteiro and Cássio Motta in the 1982 edition of the French Open. They were runners-up in the Roland Garros.
The Indian fans would be hoping for Sania Mirza to lift her 7th grand slam on Sunday.
Sania Mirza Rohan Bopanna Live: Who will Rohan Bopanna and Sania Mirza face in Friday’s Australian Open Mixed Doubles Final?
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