Second-seeded Australians Ellen Perez and Matt Ebden have navigated a harmful opening hurdle to kickstart their Olympic blended doubles marketing campaign.
Paris, France, 30 July 2024 | tennis.com.au
Australian No.2 seeds Ellen Perez and Matt Ebden have notched their first win within the Olympic blended doubles at Roland Garros, posting a 6-3 6-4 win over harmful Spanish pair Sara Sorribes Tormo and Marcel Granollers on Monday.
“Any time you’re successful matches on the Olympics, it’s a great feeling,” doubles world No.10 Perez stated.
“It’s at all times good to get by the primary one, simply get some momentum. They have been a great workforce, we did nicely at instances, we have been below the pump within the second and we have been in a position to claw that again.”
It was a match-up Ebden admitted the pair was cautious of, given Granollers was the present doubles No.1.
“Granollers is among the high doubles gamers and Sorribes Tormo, she received her ladies’s doubles match earlier. I feel we performed rather well,” Ebden stated.
“Ellen lit it up, actually, from begin to end. Approach to convey your greatest on the Olympics, that’s why we’re right here, to attempt to play our greatest at the most effective occasions, and it’s no higher time for it.”
Off and operating 🏃🏃♀️
Aussie No.2 seeds Matt Ebden and Ellen Perez notch their first win within the Olympics blended doubles 6-3 6-4 over Spanish pair Marcel Granollers and Sara Sorribes Tormo.#AllezAUS #Paris2024 #Olympics #Tennis pic.twitter.com/dCDYDWeVpe
— TennisAustralia (@TennisAustralia) July 30, 2024
Trying forward, the Aussie pair will play the winner of Chinese language duo Zheng Qinwen and Zhang Zhizhen or Croatia’s Donna Vekic and Mate Pavic within the quarterfinals.
“Each groups do the fundamentals nicely, numerous serves and returns made,” Perez stated. “I feel it’s going to return all the way down to the man who takes the lead in each situations.
Earlier on Monday, Alex de Minaur and Alexei Popyrin fell to American No.4 seeds Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram within the first spherical of males’s doubles, 6-2 6-3.
> READ: Matt Ebden all smiles after Olympic debut
“It was good to step on the market with Alexei. We’ve actually shared each stage of our careers collectively,” De Minaur stated.
“From enjoying under-10s to Tennis Europe to juniors to Junior Davis Cup, Futures, Challengers, every part, Davis Cup and Olympics and particularly turning into Olympic roomies, which has been quite a lot of enjoyable.
“I’m simply excited I used to be in a position to compete. I wasn’t positive that I’d have the chance to play.
“I’ve loved being across the athletes, the village, the opening ceremony, it’s been a surreal expertise. I’m very glad to have been part of it.”
Popyrin will proceed to fly the flag for Australia within the males’s singles. He faces three-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka within the second spherical on Tuesday.
PARIS 2024 OLYMPIC GAMES RESULTS
Males’s doubles, first spherical
[4] Austin Krajicek / Rajeev Ram (USA) d Alex de Minaur / Alexei Popyrin (AUS) 6-2 6-3
Blended doubles, first spherical
[2] Matt Ebden / Ellen Perez (AUS) d Sara Sorribes Tormo / Marcel Granollers (ESP) 6-3 6-4
TENNIS: DAY 4 PREVIEW
Day 4 at Roland Garros will see world No.63 Popyrin up in opposition to three-time Grand Slam champion Wawrinka as they compete for a spot within the third spherical.
On the doubles courtroom, Matt Ebden and John Friends face Spanish pair Pablo Carreno Busta and Marcel Granollers within the spherical of 16, whereas Ajla Tomljanovic and Olivia Gadecki meet Mirra Andreeva and Diane Shnaider within the first spherical of the ladies’s doubles.
Upcoming – Tuesday 31 July
Males’s singles, second spherical
Alexei Popyrin (AUS) v Stan Wawrinka (SUI), Courtroom 14
Girls’s doubles, first spherical
Ajla Tomljanovic / Olivia Gadecki (AUS) vs Mirra Andreeva / Diana Shnaider, Courtroom 13
Males’s doubles, second spherical
Matt Ebden / John Friends (AUS) vs Pablo Carreno Busta / Marcel Granollers (ESP), Courtroom 13
