By Konrad Marshall
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Aussie duo Matthew Ebden and John Peers won men’s doubles gold in a thriller at Roland-Garros against the American pair of Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram.
The Australians lost the first set but clawed their way back against the fourth-seeded Americans in a second-set tie-break, before taking gold in a super-tiebreak.
They became the only Australian gold medallists in Olympic tennis after “The Woodies” – Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde – won the 1996 title in the same event.
The bronze medal match will be between Americans Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul and Czech duo Tomas Machac and Adam Pavlasek later at Roland-Garros.
