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Rohan Bopanna: 43-year-old Australian Open doubles champion sets sights on Wimbledon title

Record-breaker Rohan Bopanna wants to make more history by adding the Wimbledon doubles title to his CV.

Bopanna, 43, became the oldest major men's doubles winner with Matthew Ebden at the Australian Open last month, and is the oldest tennis world number one.

India's Bopanna reached the semi-finals at Wimbledon in 2023 and has ambitions to go further this year.

"Growing up in India Wimbledon was the only Grand Slam shown on TV," Bopanna told BBC World Service Sport.

"I have a really close connection [with Wimbledon]. In 2023 we ended up losing to the eventual champions, [Neal] Skupski and [Wesley] Koolhof.