Matthew Ebden and John Peers fought back from a set and a break down against America’s Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram to win Olympic gold for Australia in the men’s doubles in Paris.
In the first-to-10 match tie-break, they wrapped up a 6-7 (6-8) 7-6 (7-1) 10-8 victory with their fourth match point.
Peers, a former doubles partner of Great Britain’s Jamie Murray, adds a gold medal to the bronze he claimed in the mixed doubles alongside Ash Barty in Tokyo.
Ram, 40, missed out on his first Olympic gold, having won four Grand Slam doubles titles alongside Briton Joe Salisbury.
The USA later claimed bronze too as Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul, who beat Great Britain’s Andy Murray and Dan Evans at the quarter-final stage, defeated Czech duo Tomas Machac and Adam Pavlasek 6-3 6-4.
Two more medals will be decided at Roland Garros on Saturday.
China’s Zheng Qinwen will take on Donna Vekic of Croatia for gold in the women’s singles, while Lorenzo Musetti of Italy will face Felix Auger-Aliassime for men’s singles bronze.
Source: BBC
