Purcell, Thompson eyeing spot in doubles closing at Wimbledon 2024 | 11 July, 2024 | All Information | Information and Options | Information and Occasions

Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson are prepared for his or her greatest check but of their quest to win the Wimbledon 2024 males’s doubles title.

The fifteenth seeds are by to the semifinals, the place they tackle the world’s greatest staff, Spaniard Marcel Granollers and Argentina’s Horacio Zeballos.

Though their top-seeded opponents wish to advance to their third Wimbledon closing in 4 years, Purcell and Thompson are driving some spectacular momentum of their very own.

The Aussie duo have proved nearly unbeatable up to now this season, successful 25 of their 29 matches collectively.

“I haven’t actually watched any of them right here but and don’t suppose I’ve performed them earlier than both, perhaps some follow units towards them?” Purcell mentioned of co-ranked world No.2s Granollers and Zeballos.

“However I’m not too fearful. Thommo and I do a whole lot of stuff very well, not a whole lot of the highest guys have performed towards us both in doubles.”

Thompson was ranked exterior the world’s high 300 in doubles in mid 2022, however has skyrocketed up the rankings since becoming a member of forces with Purcell. The 30-year-old now sits at a career-high world No.32 and has received a tour-leading 4 doubles titles this season, three of which have been alongside Purcell.

“He was at all times an excellent doubles participant, he simply hadn’t performed sufficient,” world No.31 Purcell mentioned of Thompson. “I type of compelled him to play with me after I stopped with Matt (Ebden) as a result of I believed we’d play very well collectively.”

Purcell believes a pressure-free method, with each gamers prioritising singles success, is the important thing to their fruitful partnership.

“Doubles is a free swing for us,” he mentioned.

Purcell and Thompson’s doubles semifinal is a spotlight on a day 11 schedule, which additionally contains Australia’s top-ranked junior Emerson Jones and Australia’s main quad wheelchair participant Heath Davidson in motion.

Three rising stars of Australian tennis can even compete, because the 14/u singles occasion begins.

Wimbledon is broadcast dwell in Australia on Stan Sport and the 9 Community (from 9.30pm AEST).

Aussies in motion on day 11:

Males’s doubles, semifinals
[15] Max Purcell (AUS)/Jordan Thompson (AUS) v [1] Marcel Granollers (ESP)/Horacio Zeballos (ARG), No.1 Courtroom, first match (from 10pm AEST)

Quad wheelchair doubles, semifinals
Heath Davidson (AUS)/Donald Ramphadi (RSA) v [1] Sam Schroder (NED)/Niels Vink (NED), Courtroom 15, third match (not earlier than 10.30pm AEST)

Women’ singles, third spherical
[3] Emerson Jones (AUS) v [16] Iva Ivanova (BUL), Courtroom 9, third match (not earlier than 9pm AEST)

Women’ doubles, second spherical 
[6] Emerson Jones (AUS)/Vittoria Paganetti (ITA) v Rosita Dencheva (BUL)/Elizara Yaneva (BUL), Courtroom 9, sixth match

14/u boys’ singles, round-robin
Lucas Han (AUS) v Scott Watson (GBR), Courtroom 4, fourth match
Taiki Takizawa (AUS) v Jordan Lee (USA), Courtroom 5, fourth match

14/u ladies’ singles, round-robin
Tori Russell (AUS) v Solar Xinran (CHN), Courtroom 6, first match (from 7.30pm AEST)
Tori Russell (AUS) v Raya Kotseva (USA), Courtroom 6, fifth match