Ellen Perez, Heath Davidson and Charlie Camus will all contest doubles semifinals on day 13 at Roland Garros 2023.
Paris, France, 9 June 2023 | Leigh Rogers
Ellen Perez is determined to continue a career-best run in the women’s doubles competition at Roland Garros.
The 27-year-old Australian and her American partner Nicole Melichar-Martinez are through to the semifinals and hoping to advance to their first Grand Slam final as a team.
This is world No.15 Perez’s second major semifinal appearance, having also reached this stage at last year’s US Open alongside Melichar-Martinez.
Heath Davidson also has a chance today to earn a place in a Roland Garros final.
The 36-year-old Australian was a quad wheelchair doubles finalist in Paris last year alongside Brazil’s Ymanitu Silva. This year, he is partnering Canadian Robert Shaw.
Davidson and Shaw have played six tournaments together so far in 2023 and won eight of their 13 matches.
“We decided to see how we’d go together at the end of last year,” Davidson said of his partnership with world No.3 Shaw.
“That was in November and now it’s June and we’re going into Roland Garros as the number two seeds, which is awesome.”
Meanwhile, Charlie Camus is set to contest his first Grand Slam semifinal in the boys’ doubles competition.
The 16-year-old from Canberra is aiming to become the first Australian to reach a boys’ doubles final in Paris since Akira Santillan in 2014.
Roland Garros is broadcast live in Australia on the Nine Network, with coverage beginning from 10.40pm AEST, and Stan Sport.
Aussies in action on day 13:
[6] Ellen Perez (AUS)/Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) v Hsieh Su-Wei (TPE)/Wang Xinyu (CHN)
Women’s doubles, semifinals, Court Simonne-Mathieu, second match
Perez and world No.14 Melichar-Martinez are one of the world’s top teams and have won 12 of their past 15 Grand Slam matches. The sixth seeds face a surprise packet in the semifinals, with Hsieh and Wang contesting only their second tournament together. The 37-year-old Hsieh is a former world No.1 and won the Roland Garros women’s doubles title in 2014, but is contesting just her fourth tournament in a comeback after a 16-month hiatus. Hsieh and Wang, a 21-year-old Chinese player ranked No.105, have not lost a set this tournament and have eliminated three seeded teams to reach the semifinals.
[2] Heath Davidson (AUS)/Robert Shaw (CAN) v Kuji Sugeno (JPN)/David Wagner (USA)
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