The Indian duo of Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna advanced to the Finals of the Australian Open 2023 Mixed Doubles category today by beating the English-American duo of Neal Skupski and Desirae Krawczyk. The Indians beat their opponents in an enthralling contest 7-6 (7-5), 6-7 (5-7), and 10-6 in the super tie-breaker.
AO XD SF: Savor the moment. Rohan Bopanna/Sania Mirza def. Desirae Krawczyk/Neal Skupski 7-6(5), 6-7(5), [10-6].
High-quality XD match. I came right at the end of the 2nd set and it delivered. And it all boiled down to the pressure pts-
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— stateofsport21 // raz (she/her) (@eretzsport022) January 25, 2023
The match was a close-fought contest as both the sets went into tie-breakers where the Indians proved to be better than their opponents. It is a great achievement for the Indian pair as it is the first time these two are in the finals of a Grand Slam Mixed Doubles event together.
The English-American duo of Neal Skupski and Desirae Krawczyk, who were seeded third here at the Australian Open 2023 gave a hard fight to the Indians but Rohan Bopanna’s power and Sania Mirza’s precision proved to be the real winners today. Both of them had a strong mindset and were determined to reach the finals today.
Sania Mirza, the queen of Indian tennis, now has a golden chance to giver her illustrious career an illustrious ending by winning the Australian Open 2023 Mixed Doubles Final. The Indian pair of Rohan Bopanna and Sania Mirza will now play the final on 28th January 2023 Saturday at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne Park, Australia.
The last dance 🧚🏽♀️💜🎾 @AustralianOpen @WTA pic.twitter.com/mR6omkQjB2
— Sania Mirza (@MirzaSania) January 22, 2023
They will face the winner of the second semi-final between Australia’s Olivia Gadecki-Marc Polmans and Brazilian duo of Luisa Stefani-Rafael Matos.
Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna will now do everything possible to win this Slam and end India’s trophy drought at the Australian Open. It is a big moment for our country too as now we are the Australian Open 2023 Mixed Doubles Finalists.
