Madrid, Spain, 3 Might 2024 | Leigh Rogers
Jordan Thompson and his American companion Sebastian Korda have recorded one other big win at this week’s Madrid Masters.
The unseeded duo eradicated the Australian Open 2024 finalists, Italian pair Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori, within the doubles quarterfinals.
Thompson and Korda’s 7-6(5) 6-4 victory towards the twelfth seeds is their third consecutive straight-sets triumph on the clay-court occasion, all of which have come towards seeded opponents.
This thrusts 30-year-old Thompson and 23-year-old Korda into their career-first doubles semifinal at ATP Masters 1000 degree.
👏 @jordanthommmo2 👏@SebiKorda with the improvisation expertise as they edge Bolelli/Vavassori 7-6(5), 6-4 @MutuaMadridOpen | #MMOPEN pic.twitter.com/WOapXy0rOM
— ATP Tour (@atptour) Might 2, 2024
World No.58 Thompson is now projected to skyrocket into the world’s prime 50 in doubles for the primary time in his profession and will climb even greater if he continues his profitable run.
The event’s eleventh seeds, Brit Jamie Murray and New Zealand’s Michael Venus, await within the semifinals.
Thompson is aiming to turn out to be simply the second Australian within the event’s 22-year historical past to advance to a males’s doubles ultimate. Matt Ebden was the primary to achieve this stage final 12 months.
Aussies in motion – Madrid
RESULTS
Males’s doubles, quarterfinals
Jordan Thompson (AUS)/Sebastian Korda (USA) d [12] Simone Bolelli (ITA)/Andrea Vavassori (ITA) 7-6(5) 6-4
COMING UP
Males’s doubles, semifinals
Jordan Thompson (AUS)/Sebastian Korda (USA) v [11] Jamie Murray (GBR)/Michael Venus (NZL)
> VIEW: Madrid Masters males’s doubles draw
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