Matt Ebden and John Friends have emulated what Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde achieved in Atlanta 28 years in the past, whereas Jordan Thompson has cracked the highest 30
Melbourne, Australia, 5 August 2024 | Dan Imhoff
Perth neighbours Matt Ebden and John Friends added an Olympic gold medal to an already-impressive Grand Slam-winning resume after defeating back-to-back American duos in Paris.
The unseeded 36-year-olds adopted within the footsteps of Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde, who triumphed on the Atlanta 1996 Video games, staging a rousing comeback in opposition to fourth seeds Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram, 6-7(6) 7-6(1) [10-8].
It adopted a straight-sets semifinal victory over American eventual bronze medallists Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul.
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On onerous courts in the US, Jordan Thompson continued his career-best season with a quarterfinal run on the Washington ATP 500 occasion on onerous court docket, whereas Li Tu introduced down two top-four seeds en path to the Lexington ATP Challenger last.
This week’s high performers embody:
Matt Ebden: Trailing a set and a break within the gold medal match, Ebden and Friends rallied to grasp their dream within the French capital. Accomplished earlier than his spouse and son on Court docket Philippe Chatrier, it added to Ebden’s Wimbledon 2022 and Australian Open 2024 males’s doubles trophies and 2013 Australian Open blended doubles triumph.
John Friends: Combing with Ebden, Friends delivered Australia its seventh Olympic tennis medal earlier than his spouse and daughters. The 2017 Australian Open and 2022 US Open blended doubles champion had beforehand gained Olympic blended doubles bronze alongside Ash Barty in Tokyo three years in the past.
Jordan Thompson: The 30-year-old climbed to world No.30, his highest rating, following his Washington quarterfinal, the place he fell to his Madrid title-winning doubles associate Sebastian Korda in straight units. On high of his eighth singles quarterfinal of the season, Thompson and Max Purcell reached the doubles semifinals.
Thanasi Kokkinakis: The South Australian ended painfully in need of a maiden ATP 500 quarterfinal after he didn’t handle to transform two match factors in opposition to Korda within the third spherical in Washington and damage pressured his retirement within the deciding set.
Max Purcell: Thompson and Purcell continued their success on North American onerous courts the place they reached their seventh ATP doubles semifinal of the season in Washington. The pair has now reached the quarterfinals or higher of their previous 5 occasions.
Li Tu: The 28-year-old Tu made his second ATP Challenger last in Lexington, United States, the place he succumbed to Brazilian Joao Fonseca. It was his third last of 2024, following M25 occasions back-to-back in Traralgon. Regardless of the defeat it was sufficient to elevate him again inside the highest 200.
Gabriella da Silva Fick: The 23-year-old Da Silva Fick superior to her fourth M35 singles quarterfinal of the 12 months at an ITF occasion in Roehampton, United Kingdom. It lifted Da Silva Fick’s report for the 12 months to a career-best 15-12.
Blake Mott: High seed on the Roehampton M25 occasion, Mott made the singles semifinal to enhance his report on grass to 3-3 at ITF degree this season. It was his third straight ITF quarterfinal.
Jacob Bradshaw: The 21-year-old Bradshaw superior to the quarterfinals at an M15 occasion in Monastir, Tunisia. It was the world No.555’s fifth ITF-level quarterfinal this 12 months and improved his mark to 20-16 for the season.
Matthew Christopher Romios: Seeded fourth alongside Italian Marco Bortolotti, Romios made the doubles semi-finals on clay on the San Marino ATP Challenger occasion. It was his seventh Challenger-level doubles semifinal of the season.
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