Bopanna wins maiden Grand Slam title at French Open

TIL Desk  Sports/ Rohan Bopanna lifted his maiden Grand Slam title by winning the French Open mixed doubles trophy with Canadian partner Gabriela Dabrowski, becoming only the fourth Indian ever to clinch a major, here on Thursday.

Bopanna and Dabrowski, seeded seventh, won the title following a stunning turnaround in the final.

Playing only his second Grand Slam final, Bopanna and Dabrowski saved two match points to eke out a memorable 2-6 6-2 12-10 win over Germany’s Anna-Lena Groenefeld and Colombia’s Robert Farah.

“We relaxed a little more in the second set, and we started playing our game. I think we were trying to do too much as a team, Bopanna said. “Just because it was a final, we were trying to go for too much maybe on the returns or even on the serve, for me.