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Matthew Ebden and John Peers fought back from a set and a break down against America’s Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram to win Olympic gold for Australia in the men’s doubles in Paris.<\/b><\/p>\n
In the first-to-10 match tie-break, they wrapped up a 6-7 (6-8) 7-6 (7-1) 10-8 victory with their fourth match point.<\/p>\n
Peers, a former doubles partner of Great Britain’s Jamie Murray, adds a gold medal to the bronze he claimed in the mixed doubles alongside Ash Barty in Tokyo.<\/p>\n
Ram, 40, missed out on his first Olympic gold, having won four Grand Slam doubles titles alongside Briton Joe Salisbury.<\/p>\n
The USA later claimed bronze too as Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul, who beat Great Britain’s Andy Murray and Dan Evans at the quarter-final stage, defeated Czech duo Tomas Machac and Adam Pavlasek 6-3 6-4.<\/p>\n
Two more medals will be decided at Roland Garros on Saturday.<\/p>\n
China’s Zheng Qinwen will take on Donna Vekic of Croatia for gold in the women’s singles, while Lorenzo Musetti of Italy will face Felix Auger-Aliassime for men’s singles bronze.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n