<p id="thickbox_headline">India's Rohan Bopanna and Ramkumar Ramanathan won their second ATP World Tour title together after pipping the top seeded Australian pair of Luke Saville and John-Patrick Smith in the final of the Tata Open Maharashtra, here on Sunday.</p>.<p>The Indians erased the first set deficit to win 6-7(10) 6-3 10-6 in one hour and 44 minutes.</p>.<p>Bopanna and Ramkumar combined as a team on the ATP Tour for the first time at the Adelaide event last month in the run-up to the Australian Open and won the trophy.</p>.<p>For Bopanna, it was his 21st ATP doubles title while for Ramkumar it was second trophy at this level and it will push him inside doubles top-100 for the first time in his career.</p>.<p>They split $16370 as prize money and earned 250 ranking points each.</p>.<p>Bopanna had won this event with compatriot Divij Sharan in 2019.</p>.<p>Big serves marked the beginning of the contest with only Ramkumar and Luke losing a point each in the first four games.</p>.<p>Bopanna's volley error on a return from Luke made it 30-all in the fifth game but Ramkumar pulled off an ace and followed that up with another huge serve to hold for a 3-2 lead.</p>.<p>The Indian team had got a chance to break Patrick-Smith's serve in the next game when Luke made an error while attempting an overhead volley at 40-30 but the opportunity could not be utilised as the Australian pulled of a big serve on the deuce point.</p>.<p>The Australians also created break opportunity on Ramkumar's serve in the ninth game when they found two service return winners and the Indian serving a doubler fault at 40-30 but the home team managed to hold.</p>.<p>A comfortable hold at love by Patrick-Smith made it 5-5.</p>.<p>Eventually a tie-break was required for deciding the first set. Both the teams had a number of set points as the Indians squandered two chances and the Australians three before converting their fourth.</p>.<p>They got the chance when Bopanna made an unforced error at 10-all and Ramkumar netted a forehand on set point.</p>.<p>In the second set, the Indian duo needed a good start and they got it by breaking Luke's serve in the third game when the Australian made a volley error on deuce point.</p>.<p>Bopanna saved a break chance on his serve in the next game to keep their nose ahead. Patrick-Smith was serving to stay in the set in the ninth game and was broken to allow the Indian team force a Super Tie Breaker.</p>.<p>At 30-all, an engrossing rally ensued between the two pairs. Luke blinked to give Indian first set point which they converted when Bopanna dispatched a volley winner with ease.</p>.<p>Bopanna and Ramkumar dominated the STB to secure the title. </p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH videos:</strong></p>
<p id="thickbox_headline">India's Rohan Bopanna and Ramkumar Ramanathan won their second ATP World Tour title together after pipping the top seeded Australian pair of Luke Saville and John-Patrick Smith in the final of the Tata Open Maharashtra, here on Sunday.</p>.<p>The Indians erased the first set deficit to win 6-7(10) 6-3 10-6 in one hour and 44 minutes.</p>.<p>Bopanna and Ramkumar combined as a team on the ATP Tour for the first time at the Adelaide event last month in the run-up to the Australian Open and won the trophy.</p>.<p>For Bopanna, it was his 21st ATP doubles title while for Ramkumar it was second trophy at this level and it will push him inside doubles top-100 for the first time in his career.</p>.<p>They split $16370 as prize money and earned 250 ranking points each.</p>.<p>Bopanna had won this event with compatriot Divij Sharan in 2019.</p>.<p>Big serves marked the beginning of the contest with only Ramkumar and Luke losing a point each in the first four games.</p>.<p>Bopanna's volley error on a return from Luke made it 30-all in the fifth game but Ramkumar pulled off an ace and followed that up with another huge serve to hold for a 3-2 lead.</p>.<p>The Indian team had got a chance to break Patrick-Smith's serve in the next game when Luke made an error while attempting an overhead volley at 40-30 but the opportunity could not be utilised as the Australian pulled of a big serve on the deuce point.</p>.<p>The Australians also created break opportunity on Ramkumar's serve in the ninth game when they found two service return winners and the Indian serving a doubler fault at 40-30 but the home team managed to hold.</p>.<p>A comfortable hold at love by Patrick-Smith made it 5-5.</p>.<p>Eventually a tie-break was required for deciding the first set. Both the teams had a number of set points as the Indians squandered two chances and the Australians three before converting their fourth.</p>.<p>They got the chance when Bopanna made an unforced error at 10-all and Ramkumar netted a forehand on set point.</p>.<p>In the second set, the Indian duo needed a good start and they got it by breaking Luke's serve in the third game when the Australian made a volley error on deuce point.</p>.<p>Bopanna saved a break chance on his serve in the next game to keep their nose ahead. Patrick-Smith was serving to stay in the set in the ninth game and was broken to allow the Indian team force a Super Tie Breaker.</p>.<p>At 30-all, an engrossing rally ensued between the two pairs. Luke blinked to give Indian first set point which they converted when Bopanna dispatched a volley winner with ease.</p>.<p>Bopanna and Ramkumar dominated the STB to secure the title. </p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH videos:</strong></p>