Matthew Ebden's Paris Olympics campaign started with a 6-0, 6-1 loss against Novak Djokovic, and ends with Australia's second-ever tennis gold medal alongside John Peers in the men's doubles.
Matthew Ebden and John Peers have won Australia's second tennis gold, beating Americans Rajeev Ram and Austin Krajicek in a tense men's doubles final.
"We kept believing, kept fighting, kept hanging strong. My partner over here played an amazing super tie-break and somehow we're gold medallists.It is the first time Australia has won a gold medal in tennis since 1996, when Mark Woodforde and Todd Woodbridge won in Atlanta, and is a far cry from the way the Games started for Ebden.
Ebden was grinning and laughing, entertaining the crowd at Court Philippe-Chatrier with his antics if not his play, flipping his shirt up over his head when he finally won his only game in the 6-0, 6-1 loss. "With the bronze, she loved it when I brought that home. She's gonna love taking that back to school and show it at show-and-tell.
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