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Bopanna lost just four points on his serve during the entire match as the top-seeded Indians produced a dominating 6-3 6-4 win over British pair of Luke Bambridge and Jonny O'Maara.
In the originally planned combinations, Rohan Bopanna was teamed up Divij Sharan and Paes was paired with young Sumit Nagal for the men's doubles event.
The unseeded Indo-American team's giant-killing campaign culminated with a 6-4, 2-6, 10-5 win over Santiago Gonzalez and Julio Peralta in the summit clash.
The season-opening Maharashtra Open will be a USD 550,000 event, which is USD 44,270 more than the Chennai Open.
The reason is surprising since the Tamil Nadu government has been supporting the event for long and IMG had even extended the contract with TNTA for three more years recently.
Off the court injury forced Federer to withdraw his name from the forthcoming ATP tours.
The qualifying singles round is a draw of 16 with 14 direct acceptances and two wildcards.
Robin Soderling, who famously became the first man to beat Rafael Nadal at the French Open, has finally called it a day after fighting glandular fever for four years.
Indian tennis icon, Leander Paes said it's a matter of time that the next generation will take over the mantle from them.
Djokovic delivered another masterclass to record his 82nd victory from 88 matches this year.
Federer and Djokovic will meet in the final for the third time following their 2012 and 2014 clash, where the Serb won on both occasions.
MSM network will air the live telecast of ATP's premium tier events.
Confirming his participation, Anderson said, "I am very pleased to start the 2016 season by playing at Aircel Chennai Open and look forward to coming back to India.
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