Indian tennis star Rohan Bopanna had to face defeat in the final match of the mixed doubles event of Australian Open 2023. Rohan Bopanna and his partner Sania Mirza were defeated by Brazilian pair of Luisa Stefani and Rafael Matos 7-6, 6-2 in the title match. With the defeat, Sania Mirza’s hopes of winning the title in her last Grand Slam were shattered.
His wife Supriya Annaiah was also present in Melbourne to cheer Rohan Bopanna during the Australian Open 2023. Pictures of Supriya watching the match are becoming quite viral on social media. Regarding Supriya, a female fan asked, ‘Is she Bopanna’s wife? Is this the most beautiful woman I have ever seen???
BOPANNA’S??? WIFE??? Is the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen??? pic.twitter.com/7QjHoMEqUz
— Robespierre (@brookeabeyer) January 27, 2023
Rohan Bopanna brilliantly answered this question of the female fan. Rohan Bopanna wrote, ‘I agree with you.’ Both Rohan Bopanna and Supriya Annaiah are residents of Bangalore. In the year 2012, both of them took seven rounds in a traditional wedding ceremony.
Sania praised Bopanna
I agree 😉🥰… https://t.co/XVUjZWI1Rm
— Rohan Bopanna (@rohanbopanna) January 28, 2023
If Rohan Bopanna had won the final match, it would have been the second Grand Slam title of his career. Earlier in the year 2017, Bopanna teamed up with Gabriela Dabrowski and achieved success in the mixed doubles event at the French Open. Then Bopanna-Dabrowski defeated the Colombian pair of Robert Farah and Ana Lina Grönfeld (Germany) 2-6, 6-2, 12-10 in the title match.
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Despite the defeat in the Australian Open final, Sania praised Rohan Bopanna a lot. Sania said, ‘Rohan was my first partner in mixed doubles and I was 14 then. At that time we had won the national title. I couldn’t have thought of a better person to end my Grand Slam career. Rohan is my best friend.
Bopanna’s best performance in Grand Slam Men’s Doubles-
Australian Open: Third round (2008, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
French Open: Semifinals (2022)
Wimbledon: Semifinals (2013, 2015)
US Open: Final (2010)
Bopanna’s best performance in Grand Slam Mixed Doubles-
Australian Open: Final (2018, 2023)
French Open: Winner (2017)
Wimbledon: Quarterfinals (2013, 2017)
US Open: Semifinals (2015)
