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CNN
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U-Rohan Bopanna ubonise ukuthi iminyaka yayiyinombolo nje ngemva kokuba mdala kunabo bonke I-ATP Ingqwele ye-Masters 1000 eneminyaka engu-43 ubudala, ngokunqoba kuma-doubles amadoda we-BNP Paribas Open.
Ngokuhambisana nozakwethu odlalayo u-Matthew Ebden, umbhangqwana ongabonwa uthume abadlali ababili abasezikhundleni eziphezulu u-Wesley Koolhof no-Neal Skupski, ukuba bayofuna isicoco sabesilisa ku-double. Indian Wells, ukuwina 6-3 2-6 10-8.
Ukunqoba bekuyisicoco sesibili salaba bobabili behlangene kulandela impumelelo yangenyanga edlule eDoha eQatar Open. U-Bopanna uchaze ukuwina ngokuthi “Ikhetheke ngempela.”
“Kubizwa Ithenisi Ipharadesi ngesizathu. Bengilokhu ngiza lapha eminyakeni edlule futhi ngibona bonke laba bafana bewina futhi ngijabule kakhulu ngokuthi mina noMatt sikwazile ukwenza lokhu futhi sithole lesi sicoco lapha, ”kusho yena, kwe-Reuters.
Lapho ewina indebe yakhe yezinga lama-24, lo mdlali owake waba ngunombolo 3 emhlabeni we-double wephule irekhodi lokuba ngumpetha omdala kunabo bonke eliphethwe ngumlingani wangaphambili u-Daniel Nestor.
Ngokusho kwabakwaReuters, uBopanna uncome i-feat ekusebenziseni kwakhe ikhofi. “Ikhofi laseNdiya engihlala nginalo lapho ngisohambweni,” echaza. “Yileyo mfihlo. Okukhulu wukuqinisekisa ukuthi uyalulama ngemuva kwemidlalo futhi lokho kungisizile kakhulu.”
INdiya, umkhaya walo ongumnikazi wensimu yekhofi esifundazweni saseNdiya iKarnataka, wanezela: “Ngezinye izinsuku ngitshela uMatt ukuthi mhlawumbe ngimane ngizilolonge imizuzu engu-20, kodwa ngingamane ngiphumuze umzimba futhi ngilungele umentshisi wethu.”
U-Ebden noBopanna manje babambe irekhodi le-11-4 ndawonye kule sizini futhi sebenyukele endaweni ye-18 neye-11 ezilinganisweni eziphindwe kabili ze-ATP, ngokulandelana.
