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Chennai Open: Bopanna-Jeevan create history, win first-ever all-Indian ATP doubles
Updated On: 09 January, 2017 08:30 AM IST | | Deepti Patwardhan
<p>Rohan Bopanna-Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan become part of history after beating Sharan-Raja pair to win the first-ever all-Indian ATP doubles final at Chennai Open</p>

Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan, Rohan Bopanna, Purav Raja, Divij Sharan

Rohan Bopanna and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan after winning the Chennai Open doubles final yesterday. Pic/PTI
Chennai: There were four players on the court. Rohan Bopanna (India), Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (India), Divij Sharan (India) and Purav Raja (India). For the first time, in any ATP tournament, four Indians were featuring in the doubles final. The Chennai crowd greeted the historic occasion with a boisterous cheer; the loudest was saved for local boy Nedunchezhiyan. But the man who held all the aces was Bopanna.
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