Australian duo hoping to proceed red-hot type at Wimbledon 2024 | 7 July, 2024 | All Information | Information and Options | Information and Occasions

Aussie pair Jordan Thompson and Max Purcell are via to the third spherical within the Wimbledon 2024 males’s doubles competitors.

London, Nice Britain, 7 July 2024 | Leigh Rogers

Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson imagine they’ll problem for the title after charging into the third spherical of the Wimbledon 2024 males’s doubles competitors.

The Australian duo are but to drop a set this week and have impressively gained 23 of their 27 matches collectively this season.

“I don’t see why we will’t win it,” stated Purcell, who gained the Wimbledon doubles title two years in the past alongside Australian Matt Ebden.

“Clearly I’ve finished nicely right here earlier than and Jordan has been telling me he actually needs to win a Slam.”

The 26-year-old Purcell imagine a pressure-free method is the key to his stable partnership with Thompson.

“Jordan and I are by no means too fussed with how we do in doubles,” Purcell stated. “I consider it like a free journey. In the event you get within the draw you can also make a bit of additional cash and pay in your coach for the yr. Jordan thinks of it as the identical.

“Clearly we wish to do nicely, however no-one is getting at one another’s throats. If we lose, we lose. We’re all good with it. We additionally know what we’re able to, so it’s fairly enjoyable profitable and seeing how far we will go.”

The fifteenth seeds accomplished a 6-4 7-5 victory in the present day towards the skilled Fabrice Martin, a 37-year-old Frenchman, and Matwe Middelkoop, a 40-year-old from the Netherlands. The second-round match was performed throughout two days because of inclement climate.

Purcell and Thompson have been the one Australian gamers to attain doubles win on day six on the All England Membership.

It proved a tricky day particularly for world No.1 Ebden, who suffered a shock second-round loss within the males’s doubles competitors alongside Indian companion Rohan Bopanna.

German pair Constantin Frantzen and Hendrik Jebens brought about a serious upset, knocking out the second seeds and reigning Australian Open champions in a 6-3 7-6(4) victory.

Neither world No.59 Frantzen or world No.58 Jebens had scored a Grand Slam-level win earlier than this match. In the meantime, Ebden and Bopanna have been semifinalists on the All England Membership final yr and had gained 19 of their previous 22 Grand Slam matches as a crew getting into this match.

Aussies in motion – Wimbledon

RESULTS
Males’s doubles, second spherical
[15] Max Purcell (AUS)/Jordan Thompson (AUS) d Fabrice Martin (FRA)/Matwe Middelkoop (NED) 6-4 7-5
Constantin Frantzen (GER)/Hendrik Jebens (GER) d [2] Matt Ebden (AUS)/Rohan Bopanna (IND) 6-3 7-6(4)

Males’s doubles, first spherical
Nicolas Mahut (FRA)/Skander Mansouri (TUN) d [Alt] Aleksandar Vukic (AUS)/Reese Stalder (USA) 6-4 7-6(3)

Girls’s doubles, second spherical
[4] Katerina Siniakova (CZE)/Taylor Townsend (USA) d [Alt] Olivia Gadecki (AUS)/Elixane Lechemia (FRA) 6-4 2-6 6-1

COMING UP
Males’s doubles, second spherical
John-Patrick Smith (AUS)/Andreas Mies (GER) v [3] Rajeev Ram (USA)/Joe Salisbury (GBR)
Rinky Hijikata (AUS)/John Friends (AUS) v [9] Neal Skupski (GBR)/Michael Venus (NZL)

Males’s doubles, third spherical
[15] Max Purcell (AUS)/Jordan Thompson (AUS) v TBC

> VIEW: Wimbledon 2024 males’s doubles draw

Girls’s doubles, second spherical
[3] Ellen Perez (AUS)/Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) v Timea Babos (HUN)/Nadiia Kichenok (UKR)

> VIEW: Wimbledon 2024 girls’s doubles draw

Blended doubles, first spherical
[1] Matt Ebden (AUS)/Ellen Perez (AUS) v Andres Molteni (ARG)/Asia Muhammad (USA)
John Friends (AUS)/Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) v [3] Mate Pavic (CRO)/Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR)
Max Purcell (AUS)/Dayana Yastremska (UKR) v Nathaniel Lammons (USA)/Ena Shibahara (JPN)

> VIEW: Wimbledon 2024 blended doubles draw

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