Matt Ebden matches his career-best combined doubles consequence on the US Open, progressing to the quarterfinals with Czech Barbora Krejcikova.
New York, USA, 1 September 2024 | Leigh Rogers
Matt Ebden has matched his career-best end in combined doubles on the US Open.
The 36-year-old from Perth and Czech companion Barbora Krejcikova comfortably accounted for American wildcards, 18-year-old Kaylan Bigun and 16-year-old Iva Jovic, in second-round motion in the present day at Flushing Meadows.
The fourth seeds wanted solely 59 minutes to file a 6-2 6-3 victory.
This propels world No.3 Ebden into the US Open combined doubles quarterfinals for the second time in his profession, having additionally beforehand made this stage alongside Sam Stosur in 2022.
To succeed in a primary US Open combined doubles semifinal, Ebden might want to beat a well-known opponent in his subsequent match.
Standing in his manner is his males’s doubles companion, Indian Rohan Bopanna, who’s partnering Indonesia’s Aldila Sutjiadi.
The eighth seeds staged a miraculous comeback to beat Australian John Friends and his Czech companion Katerina Siniakova 0-6 7-6(5) [10-7] within the second spherical.
Friends and Siniakova misplaced solely a single level on serve in a dominant opening set and didn’t face a break level all through the 73-minute encounter. They nearly doubled their opponent’s winners tally (40 to 23) as effectively, nevertheless it wasn’t sufficient to safe victory.
In girls’s doubles motion, Ellen Perez and American companion Nicole Melichar-Martinez booked their spot within the third spherical.
The fifth seeds scored a dominant 6-2 6-3 victory towards Switzerland’s Viktorija Golubic and Brit Tara Moore.
World No.10 Perez and world No.14 Melichar-Martinez tallied 33 winners throughout the 70-minute encounter.
The information wasn’t so good for Rinky Hijikata, whose marketing campaign within the males’s doubles competitors got here to an finish within the second spherical.
The 23-year-old Australian and his British companion Lloyd Glasspool put up a spirited struggle towards the No.3 seeds and three-time defending champions, American Rajeev Ram and Brit Joe Salisbury.
Nonetheless, world No.5 Ram and world No.6 Salisbury posted a 6-3 7-6(11) victory after saving six set factors in an exciting 24-point second-set tiebreak.
Aussies in motion – US Open
RESULTS
Girls’s doubles, second spherical
[5] Ellen Perez (AUS)/Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) d Viktorija Golubic (SUI)/Tara Moore (GBR) 6-2 6-3
Males’s doubles, second spherical
[3] Rajeev Ram (USA)/Joe Salisbury (GBR) d Rinky Hijikata (AUS)/Lloyd Glasspool (GBR) 6-3 7-6(11)
Blended doubles, second spherical
[4] Matt Ebden (AUS)/Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) d [WC] Kaylan Bigun (USA)/Iva Jovic (USA) 6-2 6-3
[8] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/Aldila Sutjiadi (INA) d John Friends (AUS)/Katerina Siniakova (CZE) 0-6 7-6(5) [10-7]
COMING UP
Girls’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, third spherical
[2] Matt Ebden (AUS)/Rohan Bopanna (IND) v [16] Maximo Gonzalez (ARG)/Andres Molteni (ARG)
[7] Max Purcell (AUS)/Jordan Thompson (AUS) v Nuno Borges (POR)/Francisco Cabral (POR)
> VIEW: US Open 2024 males’s doubles draw
Blended doubles, second spherical
Sander Gille (BEL)/Ellen Perez (AUS) v [WC] Thai-Son Kwiatkowski (USA)/Ashlyn Krueger (USA)
Blended doubles, quarterfinals
[4] Matt Ebden (AUS)/Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) v [8] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/Aldila Sutjiadi (INA)
> VIEW: US Open 2024 combined doubles draw
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