Matt Ebden and John Peers have emulated what Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde achieved in Atlanta 28 years ago, while Jordan Thompson has cracked the top 30
Melbourne, Australia, 5 August 2024 | Dan Imhoff
Perth neighbours Matt Ebden and John Peers added an Olympic gold medal to an already-impressive Grand Slam-winning resume after defeating back-to-back American duos in Paris.
The unseeded 36-year-olds followed in the footsteps of Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde, who triumphed at the Atlanta 1996 Games, staging a rousing comeback against fourth seeds Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram, 6-7(6) 7-6(1) [10-8].
It followed a straight-sets semifinal victory over American eventual bronze medallists Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul.
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On hard courts in the United States, Jordan Thompson continued his career-best season with a quarterfinal run at the Washington ATP 500 event on hard court, while Li Tu brought down two top-four seeds en route to the Lexington ATP Challenger final.
This week’s top performers include:
Matt Ebden: Trailing a set and a break in the gold medal match, Ebden and Peers rallied to realise their dream in the French capital. Completed before his wife and son on Court Philippe Chatrier, it added to Ebden’s Wimbledon 2022 and Australian Open 2024 men’s doubles trophies and 2013 Australian Open mixed doubles triumph.
John Peers: Combing with Ebden, Peers delivered Australia its seventh Olympic tennis medal before his wife and daughters. The 2017 Australian Open and 2022 US Open mixed doubles champion had previously won Olympic mixed doubles bronze alongside Ash Barty in Tokyo three years ago.
Jordan Thompson: The 30-year-old climbed to world No.30, his highest ranking, following his Washington quarterfinal, where he fell to his Madrid title-winning doubles partner Sebastian Korda in straight sets. On top of his eighth singles quarterfinal of the season, Thompson and Max Purcell reached the doubles semifinals.
Thanasi Kokkinakis: The South Australian ended painfully short of a maiden ATP 500 quarterfinal after he did not manage to convert two match points against Korda in the third round in Washington and injury forced his retirement in the deciding set.
Max Purcell: Thompson and Purcell continued their success on North American hard courts where they reached their…
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