Andrew Harris and Jaimee Fourlis are but to drop a set within the Australian Open 2024 combined doubles competitors.
Melbourne, Australia, 23 January 2024 | Leigh Rogers
Jaimee Fourlis and Andrew Harris have superior to the combined doubles semifinals at Australian Open 2024.
The Aussie wildcards continued their gorgeous run via the draw with a 7-5 7-5 victory towards German Laura Siegemund and Belgian Sander Gille within the quarterfinals.
Lower than 24 hours after knocking out the highest seeds, the 24-year-old Fourlis and 29-year-old Harris made a gradual begin towards the fifth seeds.
However with a vocal residence crowd at Kia Area cheering them on, the Melburnians recovered from a 1-4 deficit to take the opening set.
They then maintained their momentum to shut out a powerful victory in 92 minutes.
“It feels fairly cool,” Fourlis beamed after the match. “To be trustworthy we didn’t count on to be within the draw and now we’re into the semis.”
Fourlis and Harris, who’re each coached by Jarryd Maher, have eradicated three top-five gamers to achieve the semifinals.
“We’re each from Melbourne and we all know one another effectively,” Harris stated of the important thing to their profitable partnership.
“When you possibly can have enjoyable on the courtroom, you’re all the time going to play higher.”
| Australian Open 2024, combined doubles Fourlis and Harris’ street to the semifinals |
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| First spherical | defeated world No.44 Anna Danilina (KAZ) and world No.13 Andres Molteni (ARG) 6-4 6-4 |
| Second spherical | defeated world No.1 Storm Hunter (AUS) and world No.4 Matt Ebden (AUS) 6-4 7-6(6) |
| Quarterfinals | defeated world No.5 Laura Siegemund (GER) and world No.26 Sander Gille (BEL) 7-5 7-5 |
This propels world No.99 Harris into his first Grand Slam semifinal, whereas it’s a second for Fourlis.
The world No.403’s finest main consequence got here in 2022, when she progressed to the Australian Open combined doubles remaining alongside Jason Kubler.
Fourlis and Harris’ semifinals opponents are the third seeds, world No.6 Hsieh Su-wei and world No.17 Jan Zielinksi.
One other pair of Aussie wildcards, Olivia Gadecki and Marc Polmans, will characteristic within the different semifinal.
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TODAY’S RESULTS
Blended doubles, quarterfinals
[WC] Jaimee Fourlis (AUS)/Andrew Harris (AUS) d [5] Laura Siegemund (GER)/Sander Gille (BEL) 7-5 7-5
[WC] Olivia Gadecki (AUS)/Marc Polmans (AUS) d [6] Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN)/Nathaniel Lammons (USA) 6-4 7-6(7)
COMING UP
Blended doubles, semifinals
[WC] Jaimee Fourlis (AUS)/Andrew Harris (AUS) v [3] Hsieh Su-wei (TPE)/Jan Zielinski (POL)
[WC] Olivia Gadecki (AUS)/Marc Polmans (AUS) v [2] Desirae Krawczyk (USA)/Neal Skupski (GBR)
> VIEW: Australian Open 2024 combined doubles draw
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