Hijikata serves up milestone doubles victory at US Open 2024 | 30 August, 2024 | All Information | Information and Options | Information and Occasions

Rinky Hijikata is a Grand Slam doubles champion, having memorably captured the Australian Open 2023 title alongside compatriot Jason Kubler.

Nevertheless, till at present he had by no means scored a doubles win on the US Open. The truth is, he had by no means even performed a main-draw doubles match at Flushing Meadows.

That’s not the case although, after the 23-year-old from Sydney teamed with Brit Lloyd Glasspool to document a 6-4 6-7(5) 6-3 victory in opposition to Colombian Diego Hidalgo and Chile’s Alejandro Tabilo within the opening spherical of the US Open 2024 males’s doubles competitors.

World No.3 Matt Ebden made a profitable begin to his males’s doubles marketing campaign too, triumphing 6-3 7-5 alongside Indian companion Rohan Bopanna in a first-round assembly with Dutch duo Sander Arends and Robin Haase.

The second seeds, who completed runners-up in New York final 12 months, took solely 63 minutes to wrap up victory. Nevertheless, they had been examined after falling behind 1-4 within the second set.

John-Patrick Smith and German companion Andreas Mies scored a snug 6-3 6-4 victory in opposition to France’s Alexandre Muller and Austrian Sebastian Ofner.

This units up a second-round showdown with seventh-seeded Aussies Jordan Thompson and Max Purcell, a rematch of a third-round encounter at Wimbledon final month.

John Friends got here near becoming a member of his compatriots on the winner’s record, however was unable to transform two match factors in his first-round match with Brit Jamie Murray.

Swede Andre Goransson and Dutchman Sam Verbeek fought again to edge out a 4-6 7-6(6) 7-6(11) victory in opposition to the US Open 2015 finalists in an encounter that prolonged three hours and 7 minutes.

In blended doubles motion, Ebden and Czech Barbora Krejcikova started their new partnership in type.

The fourth seeds solely wanted 61 minutes to put up a 6-2 6-2 victory in opposition to American Austin Krajicek and Chinese language Taipei’s Chan Hao-Ching.

Aussies in motion – US Open

RESULTS
Males’s doubles, first spherical
[2] Matt Ebden (AUS)/Rohan Bopanna (IND) d Sander Arends (NED)/Robin Haase (NED) 6-3 7-5
Rinky Hijikata (AUS)/Lloyd Glasspool (GBR) d Diego Hidalgo (COL)/Alejandro Tabilo (CHI) 6-4 6-7(5) 6-3
John-Patrick Smith (AUS)/Andreas Mies (GER) d [Alt] Alexandre Muller (FRA)/Sebastian Ofner (AUT) 6-3 6-4
[11] Wesley Koolhof (NED)/Nikola Mektic (CRO) d Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS)/Tallon Griekspoor (NED) 6-2 7-6(4)
Andre Goransson (SWE)/Sam Verbeek (NED) d John Friends (AUS)/Jamie Murray (GBR) 4-6 7-6(6) 7-6(11)

Combined doubles, first spherical
[4] Matt Ebden (AUS)/Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) d Austin Krajicek (USA)/Chan Hao-Ching (TPE) 6-2 6-2

COMING UP
Males’s doubles, second spherical
[2] Matt Ebden (AUS)/Rohan Bopanna (IND) v Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP)/Federico Coria (ARG)
[7] Max Purcell (AUS)/Jordan Thompson (AUS) v John-Patrick Smith (AUS)/Andreas Mies (GER)
Rinky Hijikata (AUS)/Lloyd Glasspool (GBR) v [3] Rajeev Ram (USA)/Joe Salisbury (GBR)