Veterans Matt Ebden and John Peers have outplayed American singles stars Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul to guarantee at least a men's tennis doubles silver for Australia at the Olympic Games.
LIVE UPDATES: Follow our blog for all the action highlights and results from day seven as it happensVeterans Matt Ebden and John Peers have outplayed American singles stars Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul to guarantee at least a men's tennis doubles silver for Australia at the Olympic Games .
Now they're in with a chance of becoming the first Australian Olympic tennis champions since Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde, took the men's doubles crown in Atlanta in 1996.The win was the first time an Australian duo made the men's gold medal match since Sydney 2000. The Australians knew only superior doubles court-craft and tactics would be enough to beat the Americans, both ranked among the world's top 13 singles men, on Court Suzanne Lenglen.
Fritz finally cracked in the key 11th game of the opening set with Paul serving, when he hit a volley long, giving the Australians the first break of serve at 6-5.
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