Australian Matt Ebden and Indian associate Rohan Bopanna are via to the US Open 2023 males’s doubles last.
New York, USA , 7 September 2023 | Leigh Rogers
Matt Ebden and Indian associate Rohan Bopanna will contest the US Open 2023 males’s doubles last.
The sixth seeds secured their spot within the championship match with a 7-6(3) 6-2 semifinal victory towards French duo Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut as we speak at Flushing Meadows.
5-time main champions Herbert and Mahut made a blistering begin, racing to a 4-2 lead and incomes an extra two break factors on Ebden’s serve within the seventh sport.
“I feel that was a vital second there,” Bopanna stated. “We held that sport and that stored us within the match. I feel that was actually necessary.”
It proved a turning level certainly, with world No.11 Ebden and world No.14 Bopanna then profitable three consecutive video games to wrest again management.
At 5-6 within the first set, Mahut required a medical timeout for warmth stress.
The previous world No.1 managed to carry after returning, however the momentum belonged to Ebden and Bopanna within the tiebreak.
From there, the sixth seeds romped via the second set to shut out a commanding victory in 94 minutes.
They completed the match with 36 winners to their opponent’s 19.
This effort sees Ebden change into the sixteenth Australian – and solely the second up to now 20 years – to advance to a US Open males’s doubles last within the Open period.
| US Open males’s doubles Australian finalists – Open period | |
| Participant | 12 months |
| Ken Rosewall | 1969, 1973 |
| Fred Stolle | 1969 |
| Roy Emerson | 1970 |
| Rod Laver | 1970, 1973 |
| John Newcombe | 1971, 1972, 1973 |
| Owen Davidson | 1972, 1973 |
| Paul Kronk | 1976 |
| Cliff Letcher | 1976 |
| Peter McNamara | 1981 |
| John Fitzgerald | 1984, 1991 |
| Mark Woodforde | 1989, 1994, 1995, 1996 |
| Todd Woodbridge | 1994, 1995, 1996, 2003 |
| Sandon Stolle | 1995, 1998 |
| Lleyton Hewitt | 2000 |
| John Friends | 2015 |
| Matt Ebden | 2023 |
That is Ebden’s third profession Grand Slam males’s doubles last look, having beforehand contested championship matches at Australian Open 2022 and Wimbledon 2022 (each with Max Purcell).
It’s the second main doubles last for 43-year-old Bopanna and his first since a runner-up end at US Open 2010.
“We’ve given ourselves alternative,” Ebden stated about their probabilities of profitable their first Grand Slam title as a crew.
“We’ve made it via this far, there’s yet one more to go and we’ll do our greatest to win it.”
They’ll face No.3 seeds American Rajeev Ram and Brit Joe Salisbury for the title.
World No.5 Ram and world No.6 Salisbury are aiming to win their third consecutive US Open title – a feat but to be achieved within the Open period.
Aussies in motion – US Open
RESULTS
Males’s doubles, semifinals
[6] Matt Ebden (AUS)/Rohan Bopanna (IND) d Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA)/Nicolas Mahut (FRA) 7-6(3) 6-2
COMING UP
Males’s doubles, last
[6] Matt Ebden (AUS)/Rohan Bopanna (IND) v [3] Rajeev Ram (USA)/Joe Salisbury (GBR)
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