Australia wins men’s doubles gold

With the victory, Ebden and Peers become Australia’s first men’s doubles tennis Olympic gold medallists since Mark Woodforde and Todd Woodbridge at Atlanta 1996.

“I can’t believe it. These moments happen very rarely in your career,” Ebden said. “Just playing [in the] Olympics every four years is a dream, just to play once and to win a gold medal for your country. We’ll speak about this till we’re 100 years old.”

Ebden and Peers dropped the first set and trailed 4-2 in the second before breaking Ram’s serve to begin their comeback. The duo seemed prepared mentally for intense match, battling their way to a second set win before a strong showing in the tiebreak sealed the gold.

“It was always going to be an absolute battle,” Peers said. “I mean, if it wasn’t going to be a battle, it wasn’t worthy of the gold medal match. We knew those guys were pure class the whole time, so we had to bring our best tennis.

“We hung around long enough and hung around long enough and then turned [during] the back end of the match, and it just fell our way at the end.”