Match Report
Ebden & Friends beat Fritz & Paul to achieve Olympic doubles last
August 02, 2024
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Matthew Ebden and John Friends have a good time their passage to the Olympic doubles gold medal match.
By ATP Employees
John Friends and Matthew Ebden have superior to the gold medal match within the males’s doubles on the Paris 2024 Olympics with a 7-5, 6-2 win over American pair Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul within the semi-finals. The Aussie duo will Saturday face American doubles specialists Rajeev Ram and Austin Krajicek, who defeated the Czech pair Tomas Machac and Adam Pavlasek on Thursday.
Ebden and Friends change into solely the second Australian pairing to achieve a doubles last since tennis returned to the Seoul 1988 Olympics, following the success of Todd Woodbridge/Mark Woodforde, who received gold collectively on the Atlanta 1996 Olympics. ‘The Woodies’ adopted it up with a silver on the Sydney 2000 Video games. Friends is assured a second Olympic medal after profitable bronze alongside Ash Barty within the blended doubles on the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Each groups have superior to the ultimate with out dropping set.
