{"id":19825,"date":"2024-07-30T11:53:06","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T03:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/?p=19825"},"modified":"2024-07-30T11:55:43","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T03:55:43","slug":"perez-and-ebden-open-campaign-in-style-on-day-3-of-paris-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/news\/2024\/07\/30\/perez-and-ebden-open-campaign-in-style-on-day-3-of-paris-2024","title":{"rendered":"Perez and Ebden open campaign in style on Day 3 of Paris 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

Second-seeded Australians Ellen Perez and Matt Ebden have navigated a dangerous opening hurdle to kickstart their Olympic mixed doubles campaign.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Australian No.2 seeds Ellen Perez and Matt Ebden have notched their first win in the Olympic mixed doubles at Roland Garros, posting a 6-3 6-4 win over dangerous Spanish pair Sara Sorribes Tormo and Marcel Granollers on Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cAny time you\u2019re winning matches at the Olympics, it\u2019s a good feeling,\u201d doubles world No.10 Perez said.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s always nice to get through the first one, just get some momentum. They were a good team, we did well at times, we were under the pump in the second and we were able to claw that back.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was a match-up Ebden admitted the pair was wary of, given Granollers was the current doubles No.1.<\/p>\n

\u201cGranollers is one of the top doubles players and Sorribes Tormo, she won her women\u2019s doubles match earlier. I think we played really well,\u201d Ebden said.<\/p>\n

\u201cEllen lit it up, literally, from start to finish. Way to bring your best at the Olympics, that\u2019s why we are here, to try and play our best at the best events, and it\u2019s no better time for it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Looking ahead, the Aussie pair will play the winner of Chinese duo Zheng Qinwen and Zhang Zhizhen or Croatia\u2019s Donna Vekic and Mate Pavic in the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n

\u201cBoth teams do the basics well, lots of serves and returns made,\u201d Perez said. \u201cI think it\u2019s going to come down to the guy who takes the lead in both scenarios.<\/p>\n

Earlier on Monday, Alex de Minaur and Alexei Popyrin fell to American No.4 seeds Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram in the first round of men\u2019s doubles, 6-2 6-3.<\/p>\n

> READ:\u00a0Matt Ebden all smiles after Olympic debut<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIt was good to step out there with Alexei. We\u2019ve literally shared every stage of our careers together,\u201d De Minaur said.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom playing under-10s to Tennis Europe to juniors to Junior Davis Cup, Futures, Challengers, everything, Davis Cup and Olympics and especially becoming Olympic roomies, which has been a lot of fun.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just excited I was able to compete. I wasn\u2019t sure that I would have the opportunity to play.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve enjoyed being around the athletes, the village, the opening ceremony, it\u2019s been a surreal experience. I\u2019m very happy to have been a part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Popyrin will continue to fly the flag for Australia in the men\u2019s singles. He faces three-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka in the second round on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

PARIS 2024 OLYMPIC GAMES RESULTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Men\u2019s doubles, first round
\n<\/em>[4] Austin Krajicek \/ Rajeev Ram (USA) d\u00a0Alex de Minaur<\/strong>\u00a0\/\u00a0Alexei Popyrin<\/strong>\u00a0(AUS) 6-2 6-3<\/p>\n

Mixed doubles, first round<\/em>
\n<\/strong>[2]\u00a0Matt Ebden<\/strong>\u00a0\/\u00a0Ellen Perez<\/strong>\u00a0(AUS) d Sara Sorribes Tormo \/ Marcel Granollers (ESP) 6-3 6-4<\/p>\n

TENNIS: DAY 4 PREVIEW<\/strong><\/p>\n

Day 4 at Roland Garros will see world No.63 Popyrin up against three-time Grand Slam champion Wawrinka as they compete for a place in the third round.<\/p>\n

On the doubles court, Matt Ebden and John Peers face Spanish pair Pablo Carreno Busta and Marcel Granollers in the round of 16, while Ajla Tomljanovic and Olivia Gadecki meet Mirra Andreeva and Diane Shnaider in the first round of the women\u2019s doubles.<\/p>\n

Upcoming \u2013 Tuesday 31 July<\/strong><\/p>\n

> VIEW: Day 4: Order of play<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Men\u2019s singles, second round<\/em><\/p>\n

Alexei Popyrin<\/strong>\u00a0(AUS) v Stan Wawrinka (SUI), Court 14<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s doubles, first round<\/em><\/p>\n

Ajla Tomljanovic<\/strong>\u00a0\/\u00a0Olivia Gadecki<\/strong>\u00a0(AUS) vs Mirra Andreeva \/ Diana Shnaider, Court 13<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s doubles, second round<\/em><\/p>\n

Matt Ebden<\/strong>\u00a0\/\u00a0John Peers<\/strong>\u00a0(AUS) vs Pablo Carreno Busta \/ Marcel Granollers (ESP), Court 13<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Second-seeded Australians Ellen Perez and Matt Ebden have navigated a dangerous opening hurdle to kickstart their Olympic mixed doubles campaign. Australian No.2 seeds Ellen Perez and Matt Ebden have notched their first win in the Olympic mixed doubles at Roland Garros, posting a 6-3 6-4 win over dangerous Spanish pair Sara Sorribes Tormo and Marcel […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6414,"featured_media":19828,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19825","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\/19825","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=19825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}