John Friends and Rinky Hijikata scored a giant win within the opening spherical of the Wimbledon 2024 males’s doubles competitors.
London, Nice Britain, 5 July 2024 | Leigh Rogersclaiming a WTA title in Germany final week, the third seeds continued their red-hot kind to dismiss British wildcards Sarah Beth Gray and Tara Moore in a swift 47 minutes.
Olivia Gadecki additionally scored an opening-round victory alongside France’s Elixane Lechemia, profiting from their late elevation into the draw as alternates.
Aussies in motion – Wimbledon
RESULTS
Males’s doubles, first spherical
[15] Max Purcell (AUS)/Jordan Thompson (AUS) d [WC] Jay Clarke (GBR)/Marcus Willis (GBR) 6-4 6-2
Rinky Hijikata (AUS)/John Friends (AUS) d [WC] Andy Murray (GBR)/Jamie Murray (GBR) 7-6(6) 6-4
John-Patrick Smith (AUS)/Andreas Mies (GER) d Victor Cornea (ROU)/Fabian Marozsan (HUN) 6-2 6-2
Ladies’s doubles, first spherical
[3] Ellen Perez (AUS)/Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) d [WC] Sarah Beth Gray (GBR)/Tara Moore (GBR) 6-1 6-2
[Alt] Olivia Gadecki (AUS)/Elixane Lechemia (FRA) d Katarzyna Piter (POL)/Viktoriya Tomova (BUL) 6-4 6-3
[9] Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR)/Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) d Daria Saville (AUS)/Yuan Yue (CHN) 6-1 6-4
COMING UP
Males’s doubles, first spherical
Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS)/Denis Shapovalov (CAN) v Nicolas Mahut (FRA)/Skander Mansouri (TUN)
Males’s doubles, second spherical
[2] Matt Ebden (AUS)/Rohan Bopanna (IND) v Constantin Frantzen (GER)/Hendrik Jebens (GER)
[15] Max Purcell (AUS)/Jordan Thompson (AUS) v Fabrice Martin (FRA)/Matwe Middelkoop (NED)
John-Patrick Smith (AUS)/Andreas Mies (GER) v [3] Rajeev Ram (USA)/Joe Salisbury (GBR)
Rinky Hijikata (AUS)/John Friends (AUS) v [9] Neal Skupski (GBR)/Michael Venus (NZL)
> VIEW: Wimbledon 2024 males’s doubles draw
Ladies’s doubles, second spherical
[3] Ellen Perez (AUS)/Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) v Timea Babos (HUN)/Nadiia Kichenok (UKR)
[Alt] Olivia Gadecki (AUS)/Elixane Lechemia (FRA) v [4] Katerina Siniakova (CZE)/Taylor Townsend (USA)
> VIEW: Wimbledon 2024 ladies’s doubles draw
Blended doubles, first spherical
[1] Matt Ebden (AUS)/Ellen Perez (AUS) v Andres Molteni (ARG)/Asia Muhammad (USA)
John Friends (AUS)/Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) v [3] Mate Pavic (CRO)/Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR)
Max Purcell (AUS)/Dayana Yastremska (UKR) v Nathaniel Lammons (USA)/Ena Shibahara (JPN)
> VIEW: Wimbledon 2024 combined doubles draw
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