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Bopanna and Ebden defeated their Dutch opponents 7-5, 6-4 in a rain-interrupted match lasting an hour and 11 minutes on Wednesday.

Bopanna's victory will elevate him to the pinnacle of the rankings upon Monday's update, reclaiming his ATP World No.1 status achieved earlier this year in January, marking him as the oldest player to accomplish this feat.

The top-seeded Indian-Australian pair, ranked second globally, required a Match Tie-break to progress. They triumphed over the Dutch-Australian duo John-Patrick Smith and Sem Verbeek with a score of 3-6, 7-6(7-4), 10-7 to secure a spot in the semi-finals

On Thursday, at Rod Laver Arena, the second-seeded Indo-Aussie duo triumphed over Zhizhen and Machac with a 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (10-7) victory.

Bopanna secured a quarter-final victory on Wednesday, ensuring he becomes the oldest World No. 1 in ATP men's doubles after the tournament.

Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden finished runners-up at the Shanghai Masters, going down to seventh seeded Spanish-Argentine duo of Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos 7-5 2-6 7-10

In the hard court major's quarterfinals, the sixth-seeded Indo-Australian duo triumphed over the American combination with a score of 7-6 (10), 6-1.

The sixth seeded Indo-Australian pair won 6-3, 6-3 and would meet the unseeded British team of Henry Patten and Julian Cash in the pre quarter-final