World No.1 Matt Ebden makes promising begin at Wimbledon 2024 | 4 July, 2024 | All Information | Information and Options | Information and Occasions

Savouring the second is the main focus for Matt Ebden at Wimbledon this yr.

The 36-year-old from Perth is competing on the prestigious grass-court Grand Slam for the primary time because the world’s top-ranked doubles participant.

“To be the No.1 participant on the planet within the draw may be very cool,” Ebden advised tennis.com.au after finishing a first-round males’s doubles win alongside Indian Rohan Bopanna as we speak.

“It’s one thing we aspire to our complete life and profession. You’re continually pushing, climbing, evaluating, reviewing and enhancing. Now to have the ability to sit there on the high of the mountain and revel in it for a second, it’s type of good.”

Since switching his focus to full-time doubles in 2022, Ebden has loved a meteoric stand up the ATP Tour rankings.

He was the world No.31 when he received the Wimbledon males’s doubles title with compatriot Max Purcell in 2022 and had improved to world No.16 when he progressed to the semifinals the next yr alongside Bopanna.

Now sitting at No.1, Ebden returns to Wimbledon as the primary top-ranked Australian males’s doubles participant since Todd Woodbridge 23 years earlier.

“I believe as I acquired extra into my 30s I began to take inventory and began to verify I loved issues much more,” mentioned the enduring Ebden, who contested his first Wimbledon in 2010.

“It’s an vital a part of life, being grateful for what you’re doing and what you have got. Then additionally remembering to have fun and savour these moments.”

Initially scheduled to face French mixture Adrian Mannarino and Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard of their first-round match as we speak, Ebden and Bopanna found throughout their warm-up they might play an alternate workforce as an alternative.

“It was a whirlwind,” Ebden defined, as their coaches chased data on who would change the French pair within the draw.

The second seeds and reigning Australian Open champions ended up going through a Dutch duo, world No.78 Sander Arends and world No.56 Robin Haase.

“They’re very achieved doubles gamers, so I don’t know if our draw acquired simpler or more durable,” Ebden mentioned. “Then coping with the rain delays too, it was a tough day.”

But Ebden and Bopanna dealt with these challenges with aplomb, carving out a 7-5 6-4 victory to creating a successful begin to their marketing campaign.

Aussies in motion – Wimbledon

RESULTS
Males’s doubles, first spherical
[2] Matt Ebden (AUS)/Rohan Bopanna (IND) d [Alt] Sander Arends (NED)/Robin Haase (NED) 7-5 6-4

COMING UP
Males’s doubles, first spherical
[15] Max Purcell (AUS)/Jordan Thompson (AUS) v [WC] Jay Clarke (GBR)/Marcus Willis (GBR)
Rinky Hijikata (AUS)/John Friends (AUS) v [WC] Andy Murray (GBR)/Jamie Murray (GBR)
John-Patrick Smith (AUS)/Andreas Mies (GER) v Victor Cornea (ROU)/Fabian Marozsan (HUN)
Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS)/Denis Shapovalov (CAN) v Nicolas Mahut (FRA)/Skander Mansouri (TUN)

Males’s doubles, second spherical
[2] Matt Ebden (AUS)/Rohan Bopanna (IND) v Constantin Frantzen (GER)/Hendrik Jebens (GER)