Indian tennis veteran Yuki Bhambri was crowned the best double player in the country after a victory over Rohan Bopanna at the Miami Open in Florida on Sunday. The Bhambri, 32, will obtain the number one crown after the release of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) double the rankings at the end of Miami Open End, according to Olympics.com. Bhambri and his partner in Portugal Nuno Borges beat Bopanna and Ivan Dodig of Croatia 6-4, 3-6, 10-7 in the round of 32.
The Indo-Porting Pair will face Adam Pavlasek of Cnochéa and Jamie Murray of the United Kingdom in 16 phases.
Sunday’s victory saw Yuki go to number 29 in the double ATP ranking live while Bopanna slipped to 43.
Twice champion of the Grand Slam and winner of 26 titles at the tour level, Bopanna was the title champion of the Miami Open, after obtaining the title with Matthew Ebden last year.
Bopanna, 45, was a double number one player in India since October 2019, Bhambri, ending the reign of 286 weeks.
Bhambri was in a rich form, after having obtained his very first Title ATP 500 earlier this month at the Dubai Tennis Championships 2025 alongside Alexei Popyrin in Australia.
Bhambri and Popyrin had recorded a victory in the head, beating Harri Heliovaaara and Henry Patten, The Reinging US Open and Australian Open double champions, 3-6, 7-6 (12), 10-8 in the final.
Bhambri and Ivan also eliminated the head of the first seeds Marcelo Arevalo and Mate Pavic from the Qatar Open last month.
Bhambri, the 2009 Australian Junior Junior Boys Champion, was also the number one in single for India. He entered the top 100 of male singles twice, his best classification being 83 in April 2018 before deciding to prioritize the doubles in 2023.
In addition to his recent success on the Dubai tennis championships, Bhambri obtained three ATP titles at level 250.
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