Aussie Open champs Bopanna/Ebden begin Wimbledon title quest

pSecond seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rohan-bopanna/b757/overview'Rohan Bopanna/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/matthew-ebden/e690/overview'Matthew Ebden/a are up and running at a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a, where they are chasing their second major title of 2024./p

pThe Indian-Australian duo defeated a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/sander-arends/ac55/overview'Sander Arends/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/robin-haase/h756/overview'Robin Haase/a 7-5, 6-4 in Wednesday's opening round action at the All England Club. Already champions at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/australian-open/580/overview'Australian Open/a and in Miami this year, Bopanna and Ebden are aiming for their fifth team title. Ebden won the 2022 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a crown alongside countryman a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/max-purcell/ph71/overview'Max Purcell/a./p

pUp next for the third team in the PIF ATP Live Doubles Race To Turin is German pair a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/constantin-frantzen/f09r/overview'Constantin Frantzen/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/hendrik-jebens/j09f/overview'Hendrik Jebens/a, who overcame a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/pavel-kotov/k09f/overview'Pavel Kotov/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/cristian-rodriguez/r913/overview'Cristian Rodriguez/a 7-6(3), 7-6(3).nbsp;/p

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pIn other action, a pair of Top 10 seeds suffered first-round upsets. a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/nicolas-barrientos/bc76/overview'Nicolas Barrientos/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/francisco-cabral/cl84/overview'Francisco Cabral/a ousted 10th seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/ivan-dodig/d646/overview'Ivan Dodig/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/austin-krajicek/ka00/overview'Austin Krajicek/a 7-6(4), 7-6(8) while a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/harri-heliovaara/h808/overview'Harri Heliovaara/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/henry-patten/p0g6/overview'Henry Patten/a upset fifth seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/simone-bolelli/ba98/overview'Simone Bolelli/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andrea-vavassori/va08/overview'Andrea Vavassori/a 6-3, 6-4./p

pEighth seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/kevin-krawietz/kb92/overview'Kevin Krawietz/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/tim-puetz/pc68/overview'Tim Puetz/a were 6-4, 6-2 winners against a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/luciano-darderi/d0fj/overview'Luciano Darderi/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/fernando-romboli/r960/overview'Fernando Romboli/a. 's-Hertogenbosch champions a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/nathaniel-lammons/li37/overview'Nathaniel Lammons/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jackson-withrow/w686/overview'Jackson Withrow/a, seeded 12th, won the all-American clash against a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/marcos-giron/gc88/overview'Marcos Giron/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alex-michelsen/m0qi/overview'Alex Michelsen/a 6-3, 6-2./p

pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andy-murray/mc10/overview'Andy Murray/a and brother a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jamie-murray/mc81/overview'Jamie Murray/a will take Centre Court Thursday when they face a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rinky-hijikata/h0bh/overview'Rinky Hijikata/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/john-peers/pc96/overview'John Peers/a./p

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