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The two had an interaction during the Manorama Sports Awards 2023 ceremony in Kochi on Tuesday.
Bopanna and Ebden rallied to down Ivan Dodig and Austin Krajicek 6-7(3), 6-3, 10-6 in a hard-fought final.
Bopanna also became only the third Indian to win a men's doubles Grand Slam title.
Bopanna and his Australian partner Matthew Ebden prevailied in a tense semifinal against Tomas Machac and Zhang Zhizhen.
The second-seeded Indo-Australian pair will cross swords with unseeded Tomas Machac and Zhizhen Zhang in the semi-finals.
The Indo-Australian pair will now meet the sixth-seeded Argentine duo of Maximo Gonzalez and Andres Molteni.
The Indo-Romanian combo went down 3-6, 3-6 to their 10th-seeded opponents at the Rod Laver Arena.
Sriram Balaji,entered the second round of the men's doubles in the company of his Romanian partner Victor Cornea.
The second-seeded Indian pair bounced back to win the title clash 2-6, 6-3, 10-4 against Chinese Taipei's combo of Tsung-hao Huang and En-shuo Liang.
Ankita, Rutuja progress to pre-quarterfinals