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
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