{"id":19624,"date":"2024-06-06T08:36:20","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T00:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/?p=19624"},"modified":"2024-06-11T10:59:06","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T02:59:06","slug":"ebden-advances-to-first-doubles-semifinal-at-roland-garros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/news\/2024\/06\/06\/ebden-advances-to-first-doubles-semifinal-at-roland-garros","title":{"rendered":"Ebden Advances To First Doubles Semifinal At Roland Garros"},"content":{"rendered":"

Matt Ebden is soaring to exciting new heights at Roland Garros this year,\u00a0advancing to his first men\u2019s doubles semifinal at the clay-court Grand Slam tournament.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This continues a magical run for the 36-year-old from Perth and his Indian partner Rohan Bopanna, extending their unbeaten record at Grand Slam level this season to nine matches.<\/p>\n

The second-seeded duo were tested early in a quarterfinal showdown with Belgian duo Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen in Paris today. However, Ebden and Bopanna managed to charge home and record a\u00a07-6(3) 5-7 6-1 victory against last year\u2019s finalists.<\/p>\n

The reigning Australian Open champions lost only nine points on serve in the deciding set, preventing their opponents from building any momentum.<\/p>\n

With this effort,\u00a0Ebden becomes the 29th Australian to advance to a men\u2019s doubles semifinal at Roland Garros in the Open era and just the ninth to reach this stage in the past 30 years.<\/p>\n

Sam Groth was the last Australian to progress to a men\u2019s doubles semifinal in Paris 10 years ago.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Roland Garros men\u2019s doubles<\/strong>
\nAustralian semifinalists in the past 30 years<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Player<\/em><\/td>\nYear<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mark Woodforde<\/td>\n1996, 1997, 2000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Todd Woodbridge<\/td>\n1996, 1997, 2000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pat Rafter<\/td>\n1998<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sandon Stolle<\/td>\n2000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Michael Hill<\/td>\n2001<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wayne Arthurs<\/td>\n2003<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Paul Hanley<\/td>\n2003<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sam Groth<\/td>\n2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Matt Ebden<\/td>\n2024<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Italian combination Simone Bolelli and\u00a0Andrea Vavassori await in the semifinals, setting up a rematch of the Australian Open 2024 doubles final.<\/p>\n

This will be the fourth meeting between the two teams this season.<\/p>\n

Ebden and Bopanna won their first two encounters, at the Australian Open and Miami. However, world No.23 Bolelli and world No.20 Vavassori had their measure at Rome last month.<\/p>\n

World No.3 Ebden is aiming to become the first Australian to progress to a men\u2019s doubles final in Paris in 24 years.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a remarkable turnaround in form for Ebden at the clay-court tournament, where he had not progressed beyond the first round in doubles since reaching the quarterfinals in 2012.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, this marks the second time in the past three years that the enduring Bopanna has reached the semifinals at Roland Garros. The 44-year-old also featured among the final four in 2022 alongside Dutchman Matwe Middelkoop.<\/p>\n

Aussies in action \u2013 Roland Garros<\/strong><\/p>\n

RESULTS<\/strong>
\nMen\u2019s doubles, quarterfinals
\n<\/em>[2] Matt Ebden (AUS)<\/strong>\/Rohan Bopanna (IND) d [10] Sander Gille (BEL)\/Joran Vliegen (BEL) 7-6(3) 5-7 6-1<\/p>\n

COMING UP<\/strong>
\nMen\u2019s doubles, semifinals
\n<\/em>[2] Matt Ebden (AUS)<\/strong>\/Rohan Bopanna (IND) v [11] Simone Bolelli (ITA)\/Andrea Vavassori (ITA)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Matt Ebden is soaring to exciting new heights at Roland Garros this year,\u00a0advancing to his first men\u2019s doubles semifinal at the clay-court Grand Slam tournament. This continues a magical run for the 36-year-old from Perth and his Indian partner Rohan Bopanna, extending their unbeaten record at Grand Slam level this season to nine matches. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6414,"featured_media":19625,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6414"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19624\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}