Australian tennis veterans John Peers and Matt Ebden must beat American singles stars Tommy Paul and Taylor Fritz to win an Olympic tennis doubles medal.
LIVE UPDATES: Follow our blog for all the action highlights and results from day six as it happenedVeterans Matt Ebden and John Peers are about to discover if their doubles excellence can outgun the singles muscle of two of the best players in the world when they shoot for an Olympic medal at Roland Garros.
For in early July, he had teamed up with Rinky Hijikata to beat the 37-year-old and his brother Jamie Murray on Centre Court in the Scot's final match at Wimbledon. Ebden was glad to have a day off on Thursday after a hard week's work, which also saw him reach the quarterfinals of the mixed doubles with Ellen Perez, only to lose agonisingly to the Chinese pair of Zhang Zhizhen and Wang Xinyu after they'd held match points.
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