Rohan Bopanna Matthew Ebden vs Rajeev Ram Joe Salisbury US Open 2023 Final Highlights: Bopanna-Ebden lose in final

A body serve from Ram and Bopanna's backhand goes off court! 15-0! Then Ram fumbles a volley, 15-15! It is 15-30 after Salisbury nets his volley! In the next ralley, the Brit gets his volley right! 30-30 all!

Then a brilliant backhand from Salisbury sees it go 40-30 and then championship point!

Ram begins with a ace. It is 15-all! Then a body serve sees Bopanna drive his backhand return long! 30-15!

Ebden and Bopanna btoh cover the ad court! Ram hits a forehand winner! 40-15 and then they consolidate!

An overhead smash by Salisbury at Bopanna's feet to make it 15-all! Then Ebden makes it 15-30! Then Ram intercepts Ebden's return! 30-all!

A backhand winner from Bopanna sees him earn a break break point, however is dissapears as Ebden nets a return! DEUCE! Ram-Salisbury manage to consolidate! 2-2!

Ebden perfects his overhead smash! 15-0! Then a wide serve into the deuce court from him and Salisbury fails to return! 2-1 for Bopanna-Ebden!

Ram serves for the set. Ebden comes out on top and goes 15-0 up! Ebden nets a forehand and it is 15-all! Ram goes 40-15 and earns two set points! It is sliced wide serve from Ram to claim the second! 6-3!

Salisbury serves to keep the break! A forehand from Bopanna draws a volley from Ram to go 15-0 up! Ebden tries to win the next point, but it goes beyond the baseline! 15-all!

Slow it is 30-all! A big serve from Salisbury to move to 40-30 and then a backhand return from Ebden is covered by a Ram volley at the net!

They keep the break!

2-5*!

Ram gets a heavy forehand return from Ebden, 30-0! He holds his serve! 2-3*!

Double fault from Salisbury! Ebden sets the point with an inside out shot forehand return to Salisbury's serve and Bopanna nets a simple forehand! 15-all! Then it is 15-30! 30-all!

Body serve from Salisbury and Ebden nets the backhand return! 1-2!

Bopanna-Ebden are leading 30-0 and then a deuce from Ebden makes it 40-0! Ram overcooks his return and it is done in the first set! 6-2 for Bopanna-Ebden!

A double fault by Salisbury and Bopanna-Ebden take a 30-0 lead! Ebden's forehand hits the net and it falls behind for Ram, who returns it! 30-all! Then Ebden hits a forehand at Salisbury's feeet, and his volley goes off court!

Bopanna-Ebden break! 5-2!

Salisbury, Ram fightback! Salisbury closes the game and it is 2-1 now! GOOD CONTEST!

An error by Ram after a backhand net from Salisbury! 30-0! Then Bopanna serves! Salisbury gets a backhand crosscourt volley by Ebden to clse the game!

2-0!

Bopanna gets the opening point with a forehand crosscourt volley, 0-15! Lovely forehand return down the line from Bopanna's partner! Bopanna-Ebden have a chance to break and the Indian hits a crosshand winner! Ram nets his backhand volley and drops serve! 1-0!

The action begins as the first game of the first set starts!

Both teams are on the court and toss takes place! Pre-match photo op time!

The match is set to begin in a few minutes! Stay tuned folks for an exciting thriller!

"I think the yoga kind of helped align the body better, helped the mind as well [stay] calmer. And then having the right team, I've had Scott Davidoff travelling with me for 12, 13 years now and that has made a huge difference to understanding how I'm playing. I’ve invested in myself in terms of bringing a good physio on board this year. Last year, I didn't have that," said Bopanna.

Speaking ahead of the match, Bopanna said, "It's worn out completely. It's just worn out. It's not a tear. Both my knees have no cartilage and in 2019 I was on two, or three painkillers a day. [In] 2020 I started Iyengar yoga, and that actually made a tremendous difference. I went from two, or three painkillers a day to no painkillers today. I think the only time sometimes I take an anti-inflammatory is from playing two matches a day. At that time the body says, ‘Hello, please slow down, you still have no cartilage."

This will be Bopanna's second men's doubles Grand Slam final. He reached the men's doubles final of the 2010 US Open with Pakistan's Aisam-ul-Haq Quereshi. They lost to the Bryan Brothers.

This year, Bopanna and Ebden have won two trophies; the Qatar Open in February and Indian Wells in amrch. They also reached the Wimbledon semi-finals in July. At the Indian Wells, the Indian player became the oldest tennis player to win the ATP Masters 1000 final.

Semifinal: 7-6(3), 6-2 against Mahut (FRA) and Herbert (FRA)

Quarterfinal: 7-6(10), 6-1 against Lammons (USA) and Withrow (USA)

Round of 16: 6-4, 6-7(5), 7-6(6) against Cash (GBR) and Patten (GBR)

Round of 32: 6-3, 6-3 against Golubev (KAZ) and Safiullin

Round of 64: 6-4, 6-2 against O’Connell (AUS) and Vukic (AUS)

Hello and good evening everyone! Welcome to our live coverage of today's US Open 2023 men's doubles final between Rohan Bopanna, Matthew Ebden and Rajeev Ram, Joe Salisbury. Stay tuned folks!