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Evergreen-and-gold, veterans Matt Ebden and John Friends have received a delightfully surprising gold medal, turning into solely the second Australian tennis champions on the Olympics.
The 2 unseeded 36-year-olds, stalwarts of the doubles scene for therefore lengthy, loved a crowning late-career second as they beat American fourth seeds Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram.
The three set match 6-7 (6-8) 7-6 (7-1) (10-8) earned them a nail-biting Roland Garros males’s doubles victory on Saturday.
They grew to become the one Australian gold medallists in Olympic tennis after ‘The Woodies’, Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde lifted the 1996 title in the identical occasion.
Between them, the Aussie pair have received a hatful of titles however by no means had a second like this, with their wives and youngsters readily available at Court docket Philippe Chatrier, one of many world’s nice tennis amphitheatres, to look at their most interesting hour as they prevailed in three tie-breaks after probably the most entertaining of finals.
The three set match earned Matthew Ebden and John Friends a nail-biting Roland Garros males’s doubles victory on Saturday
Staff Australia rejoice match level throughout the Tennis Males’s Doubles Gold Medal match in opposition to Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram of Staff United States on day eight of the Olympic Video games Paris 2024
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