Jordan Thompson and Max Purcell are by means of to the quarterfinals within the US Open 2024 males’s doubles competitors.
New York, USA, 2 September 2024 | Leigh Rogers
Jordan Thompson shouldn’t be solely shining on the singles courtroom at US Open 2024.
The 30-year-old from Sydney, who has matched his career-best Grand Slam singles consequence by reaching the fourth spherical in New York, can be having fun with a career-best run in doubles alongside fellow Australian Max Purcell.
The seventh seeds secured their spot within the males’s doubles quarterfinals at this time with a 7-6(3) 6-3 victory in opposition to Portuguese mixture Nuno Borges and Francisco Cabral.
The Aussie duo didn’t face a break level and tallied 32 winners within the 86-minute encounter.
This units up a quarterfinal showdown with the highest seeds and co-ranked world No.1s, Spain’s Marcel Granollers and Argentina’s Horacio Zeballos.
It is a rematch of the Wimbledon 2024 semifinals, which world No.13 Thompson and world No.18 Purcell received convincingly.
Thompson and Purcell are the final Australians standing within the males’s doubles draw, after world No.3 Matt Ebden and his Indian accomplice Rohan Bopanna misplaced within the third spherical.
The sixteenth seeds, Argentina’s Maximo Gonzalez and Andres Molteni, scored a 6-1 7-5 victory in opposition to the reigning Australian Open champions and final yr’s US Open finalists.
Ebden stays in rivalry within the combined doubles competitors, the place he has reached the quarterfinals alongside Czech accomplice Barbora Krejcikova.
> READ: Ebden advances to combined doubles quarterfinals at US Open 2024
World No.10 Ellen Perez has additionally reached the combined doubles quarterfinals together with her Belgian accomplice Sander Gille.
They scored a 6-4 6-7(4) [10-3] victory in opposition to American wildcards Thai-Son Kwiatkowski and Ashlyn Krueger in second-round motion at this time at Flushing Meadows.
The US Open Junior Championships obtained underway at this time, with Australian contenders recording combined outcomes.
High seed Emerson Jones scored a 7-5 7-6(5) victory in opposition to American qualifier Maya Iyengar within the opening spherical of the women’ singles competitors.
Nonetheless, her older brother Hayden Jones bowed out after an in depth tussle with American wildcard Dominick Mosejczuk within the boys’ singles occasion.
Aussies in motion – US Open
RESULTS
Males’s doubles, third spherical
[7] Max Purcell (AUS)/Jordan Thompson (AUS) d Nuno Borges (POR)/Francisco Cabral (POR) 7-6(3) 6-3
[16] Maximo Gonzalez (ARG)/Andres Molteni (ARG) d [2] Matt Ebden (AUS)/Rohan Bopanna (IND) 6-1 7-5
Blended doubles, second spherical
Sander Gille (BEL)/Ellen Perez (AUS) d [WC] Thai-Son Kwiatkowski (USA)/Ashlyn Krueger (USA) 6-4 6-7(4) [10-3]
Women’ singles, first spherical
[1] Emerson Jones (AUS) d [Q] Maya Iyengar (USA) 7-5 7-6(5)
Boys’ singles, first spherical
[WC] Dominick Mosejczuk (USA) d [7] Hayden Jones (AUS) 6-3 7-6(8)
COMING UP
Ladies’s doubles, third spherical
[5] Ellen Perez (AUS)/Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) v [11] Marie Bouzkova (CZE)/Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP)
> VIEW: US Open 2024 girls’s doubles draw
Males’s doubles, quarterfinals
[7] Max Purcell (AUS)/Jordan Thompson (AUS) v [1] Marcel Granollers (ESP)/Horacio Zeballos (ARG)
> VIEW: US Open 2024 males’s doubles draw
Blended doubles, quarterfinals
[4] Matt Ebden (AUS)/Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) v [8] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/Aldila Sutjiadi (INA)
Sander Gille (BEL)/Ellen Perez (AUS) v [WC] Aleksandar Kovacevic (USA)/Tyra Caterina Grant (USA)
> VIEW: US Open 2024 combined doubles draw
Women’ singles, second spherical
[1] Emerson Jones (AUS) v Alena Kovackova (CZE)
> VIEW: US Open 2024 ladies’ singles draw
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