Four Australian players, including Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson, scored doubles victories on day three at US Open 2024.
New York, USA, 29 August 2024 | Leigh Rogers
Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson have made a winning start in the US Open 2024 men’s doubles competition.
The seventh seeds posted a 6-4 7-5 victory against American Marcos Giron and Botic van de Zandschulp in first-round action today at Flushing Meadows.
The Wimbledon finalists fought back from a 1-4 deficit in the second set, winning six of the final seven games to clinch victory in 93 minutes.
It continues the red-hot form of world No.13 Thompson and world No.18 Purcell, who have now won 32 of their 38 matches together this season.
In women’s doubles action, world No.10 Ellen Perez and American partner Nicole Melichar-Martinez made an encouraging start to their campaign.
The fifth seeds, who are teaming up at a third consecutive US Open and looking to improve on their semifinal appearance in 2022, recorded a 6-4 7-5 first-round victory against American wildcards McCartney Kessler and Sabrina Santamaria.
Perez is the last remaining Australian in the women’s doubles draw, after compatriots Olivia Gadecki (partnering Chinese Taipei’s Wu Fang-Hsien) and Ajla Tomljanovic (partnering Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova) lost their opening-round matches.
John Peers and Czech partner Katerina Siniakova, who are teaming up for the first time, made a blistering start in the mixed doubles competition.
They only needed 54 minutes to dismiss the Brazilian combination Rafael Matos and Luisa Stefani, scoring a comfortable 6-2 6-1 victory against the Australian Open 2023 champions.
Peers is aiming to win his second US Open mixed doubles title, having previously triumphed alongside Australian Storm Hunter in 2022.
Aussies in action – US Open
RESULTS
Men’s doubles, first round
[7] Max Purcell (AUS)/Jordan Thompson (AUS) d Marcos Giron (USA)/Botic van de Zandschulp (NED) 6-4 7-5
Women’s doubles, first round
[5] Ellen Perez (AUS)/Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) d [WC] McCartney Kessler (USA)/Sabrina Santamaria (USA) 6-4 7-5
Camila Osorio (COL)/Alycia Parks (USA) d Olivia Gadecki (AUS)/Wu Fang-Hsien (TPE) 6-4 6-7(6) 6-1
Petra Martic (CRO)/Shelby Rogers (USA) d Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS)/Viktoriya Tomova (BUL) 6-0 5-7 6-2
Mixed doubles, first round
John Peers (AUS)/Katerina Siniakova (CZE) d Rafael Matos (BRA)/Luisa Stefani (BRA) 6-2 6-1
COMING UP
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