Ebden and Peers down US stars to reach gold medal match

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Ebden and Peers down US stars to reach gold medal match

Veterans Matt Ebden and John Peers have outplayed ********* singles stars Taylor ****** and Tommy Paul to guarantee at least a men’s doubles silver for Australia at the Olympic tennis tournament.

The veteran *********** pair’s all-court nous as doubles specialists at Roland Garros saw them out-think and out-skill the higher-powered US duo 7-5 6-2 on Friday to earn themselves an unexpected shot at the gold medal match.

The two 36-year-olds will face another ********* pair, fourth seeds Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram for the gold on Saturday.

Now they’re in with a chance of becoming the first *********** Olympic tennis champions since ‘The Woodies’, Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde, took the men’s doubles crown in Atlanta in 1996.

Melbourne’s Peers will be looking to add gold to the bronze he won with Ash Barty in the mixed doubles in Tokyo three years ago, while Perth’s outstanding Ebden will seek to crown a terrific year when he also had a spell as the world No.1 doubles player.

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