Smart finish for the Indo-Dutch pair after it had negotiated the super tie-break in the first three rounds.
Smart finish for the Indo-Dutch pair after it had negotiated the super tie-break in the first three rounds.
Top seeded Rohan Bopanna and Matwe Middelkoop cruised to a 6-2, 6-4 victory over third seeds Santiago Gonzalez and Andres Molteni in the doubles final of the $1,019,855 ATP tennis tournament in Tel Aviv on Sunday.
It was a smart finish for the Indo-Dutch pair after it had negotiated the super tie-break in the first three rounds.
It was the third title of the season for the 42-year-old Bopanna, who had won the other two early in the season with Ramkumar Ramathan in Adelaide and Pune.
Bopanna and Middelkoop collected $50,000 and 250 ATP points, and the runner-up, $26,850 and 150 points.
The results:
$1,019,855 ATP, Tel Aviv, Israel: Final: Matwe Middelkoop (Ned) & Rohan Bopanna bt Santiago Gonzalez (Mex) & Andres Molteni (Arg) 6-2, 6-4.
