Storm Hunter and Matt Ebden are amongst eight Aussie gamers scheduled to compete on day 12 at Australian Open 2024.
Melbourne, Australia , 24 January 2024 | Leigh Rogers
Main Australian gamers Storm Hunter, Matt Ebden and Heath Davidson all function in doubles semifinals on day 12 at Australian Open 2024.
Ebden and his Indian accomplice Rohan Bopanna face the unheralded mixture of Czech Tomas Machac and China’s Zhang Zhizhen, who’re having fun with a career-best Grand Slam run, within the males’s doubles competitors.
“They’re a harmful pair,” world No.4 Ebden famous. “They’ve been having a lot of good wins over the previous week and a half, so we’ve got to be prepared for them.
“It’s the semifinals, we don’t count on something simple.”
World No.1 Hunter and her Czech accomplice Katerina Siniakova have a semifinal showdown with the second seeds, world No.2 Elise Mertens and world No.6 Hsieh Su-wei, within the ladies’s doubles occasion.
Aiming to progress to a primary Australian Open remaining, the 29-year-old Hunter can also be excited to have one other probability to compete in entrance of the Aussie followers.
“The crowds all week have been wonderful,” Hunter stated. “Simply to stroll out and listen to the cheering, it’s truthfully unbelievable.”
Heath Davidson, Australia’s top-ranked quad wheelchair participant, is hoping to make his sixth Australian Open remaining and his first since 2021.
The 36-year-old and his Canadian accomplice Robert Shaw play the skilled mixture of Brit Andy Lapthorne and American David Wagner, who’re five-time Australian Open doubles champions, in immediately’s semifinals.
“They’re a veteran workforce which have performed collectively for a very long time,” Davidson famous.
“Me and Rob are going to should step it up and do what we do greatest – talk and push and hopefully we will get the job executed.”
Gold Coast siblings Hayden and Emerson Jones are additionally in motion within the Australian Open Junior Championships, competing within the singles quarterfinals.
They’ve develop into the primary siblings to achieve this stage within the Australian Open junior competitors for the reason that Pliskova sisters, Karoline and Kristyna, in 2010.
The event is broadcast dwell in Australia on the 9 Community and Stan Sport, with play starting from 11am AEDT.
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Aussies in motion on day 12:
Males’s doubles, semifinals
[2] Matt Ebden (AUS)/Rohan Bopanna (IND) v Tomas Machac (CZE)/Zhang Zhizhen (CHN), Rod Laver Enviornment, day session, second match (not earlier than 12pm AEDT)
Ladies’s doubles, semifinals
[3] Storm Hunter (AUS)/Katerina Siniakova (CZE) v [2] Hsieh Su-wei (TPE)/Elise Mertens (BEL), Margaret Courtroom Enviornment, third match (not earlier than 3pm AEDT)
Legends’ blended doubles, spherical robin
Casey Dellacqua (AUS)/Mark Philippoussis (AUS) v Alicia Molik (AUS)/Marcos Baghdatis (CYP), Margaret Courtroom Enviornment, second match
Boys’ singles, quarterfinals
[16] Hayden Jones (AUS) v Jan Kumstat (CZE), Courtroom 3, second match
Ladies’ singles, quarterfinals
[6] Emerson Jones (AUS) v [2] Sara Saito (JPN), Courtroom 3, third match
Quad wheelchair doubles, semifinals
[2] Heath Davidson (AUS)/Robert Shaw (CAN) v Andy Lapthorne (GBR)/David Wagner (USA), Kia Enviornment, fifth match (not earlier than 3.30pm AEDT)
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