Purcell and Thompson remove harmful duo in Wimbledon doubles | 6 July, 2023 | All Information | Information and Options | Information and Occasions

Max Purcell has made a successful begin in his Wimbledon gents’s doubles title defence.

The 25-year-old Australian teamed with compatriot Jordan Thompson to attain a 7-5 6-4 victory in opposition to American mixture John Isner and Jack Sock within the opening spherical.

Sock is a two-time Wimbledon doubles champion and a former world No.2, whereas the big-serving Isner achieved a career-high doubles rating at world No.14 final season.

However Purcell and Thompson produced a near-perfect efficiency, not dealing with a break level within the one-hour and 27-minute encounter.

World No.56 Purcell, who received the 2022 title alongside Matt Ebden, is now on a seven-match successful streak in doubles on the event.

John Friends and Brazilian accomplice Marcelo Melo additionally superior to the second spherical, after surviving a three-set take a look at in opposition to Robin Haase from the Netherlands and Austria’s Philipp Oswald.

Friends and Melo, the No.16 seeds, recorded a 6-7(4) 6-4 6-4 victory.

In girls’ doubles motion, Ellen Perez and American accomplice Nicole Melichar-Martinez suffered a shock first-round loss.

The fourth seeds, who have been quarterfinalists on the All England Membership final yr, had received 12 of their previous 16 matches at Grand Slam stage.

Nonetheless, Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova and China’s Yang Zhaoxuan had their measure, posting a 6-4 7-6(7) win in opposition to world No.6 Melichar-Martinez and world No.9 Perez.

Aussies in motion – Wimbledon

RESULTS
Gents’s doubles, first spherical
Max Purcell (AUS)/Jordan Thompson (AUS) d [WC] John Isner (USA)/Jack Sock (USA) 7-5 6-4
[16] John Friends (AUS)/Marcelo Melo (BRA) d Robin Haase (NED)/Philipp Oswald (AUT) 6-7(4) 6-4 6-4

Girls’ doubles, first spherical
Ekaterina Alexandrova/Yang Zhaoxuan (CHN) d [4] Ellen Perez (AUS)/Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) 6-4 7-6(7)

COMING UP
Gents’s doubles, first spherical
[6] Matt Ebden (AUS)/Rohan Bopanna (IND) v Guillermo Duran (ARG)/Tomas Martin Etcheverry (ARG)
Rinky Hijikata (AUS)/Jason Kubler (AUS) v [Alt] Marco Cecchinato (ITA)/Thiago Monteiro (BRA)
Chris O’Connell (AUS)/Laslo Djere (SRB) v [12] Sander Gille (BEL)/Joran Vliegen (BEL)
Luke Saville (AUS)/Alexander Bublik (KAZ) v [2] Ivan Dodig (CRO)/Austin Krajicek (USA)

Gents’s doubles, second spherical
[16] John Friends (AUS)/Marcelo Melo (BRA) v TBC
Max Purcell (AUS)/Jordan Thompson (AUS) v [14] Maximo Gonzalez (ARG)/Andres Molteni (ARG)