Rohan Bopanna, Matthew Ebden slump to back-to-back defeats. (Courtesy: Reuters)

ATP Finals 2024: Rohan Bopanna, Matthew Ebden slump to back-to-back defeats

ATP Finals 2024: Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden lost in straight sets to Marcelo Arevelo and Mate Pavic. Bopanna and Ebden are languishing at the bottom of the group.

13 Nov 2024, 15:12 by India Today Sports Desk · India Today

In Short

Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden lost to Marcelo Arevelo and Mate Pavic
Bopanna and Ebden lost the match 5-7, 3-6
Bopanna and Ebden are languishing at the bottom of the table

Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden slumped to back-to-back defeats in the ATP Finals 2024. The Indo-Australian pair did not make the best of starts to the tournament after losing to Italy’s Andrea Vavassori and Simone Bolelli in straight sets. On Wednesday, Marcelo Arevelo and Mate Pavic beat them 7-5, 6-3 in the Group stage match on Centre Court.

With the defeat, Bopanna and Ebden kept languishing at the bottom of the table in the Bob Bryan Group with a Game Win percentage of 34.21, having lost both their matches. Their last and final match in the group stage is on Thursday against Kevin Krawietz and Tim Putz. With their win over Bopanna and Ebden, Arevelo and Pavic went to the top.

Bopanna, Ebden keep struggling

After starting the year with a triumph in the Australian Open, Bopanna and Ebden would have hoped to show their class in the ATP Finals, but they haven’t found their feet. Against Bolelli and Vavassori, they did not get even a single chance to break their serve.

In the first set against Arevalo and Pavic, Bopanna and Ebden earned a break of serve, but that they dropped their serve twice did not help them. The Indo-Australian pair struggled with their first serves, winning only 55 percent of points from them.

Bopanna and Ebden would also be ruing the fact that they could not convert four out of their five break point chances in the first set.

The second set was pretty similar to how the opening set was. Bopanna and Ebden converted their only break point opportunity, but they gave away two breaks to go down. Bopanna and Ebden were also let down by the three double faults they made.