Florida, March 23 -- Indian tennis veteran Yuki Bhambri is set to be crowned the country's top doubles player following a win over Rohan Bopanna at the Miami Open in Florida on Sunday.

The 32-year-old Bhambri will get the number one crown following the release of Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) doubles rankings at the conclusion of Miami Open end, as per Olympics.com.

Bhambri and his Portugal partner Nuno Borges defeated Bopanna and Ivan Dodig of Croatia 6-4, 3-6, 10-7 in the round of 32 match.

The Indo-Portugal pair will be facing Czechia's Adam Pavlasek and the United Kingdom's Jamie Murray in the round of 16 phase.

The victory on Sunday saw Yuki move up to number 29 in the live ATP doubles rankings while Bopanna slid down...