New York, USA, 7 September 2024 | Leigh Rogers
Australian Benjamin Wenzel and his Dutch accomplice Ivar van Rijt have been topped the US Open 2024 boys’ wheelchair doubles champions.
The second-seeded duo scored a commanding 6-2 6-1 victory in opposition to American mixture Charlie Cooper and Tomas Majetic in as we speak’s ultimate at Flushing Meadows.
It caps a near-perfect match for Wenzel and Van Rijt, who solely conceded a complete of seven video games throughout their title-winning run.
It is a history-making consequence too, with Wenzel changing into the primary Australian junior wheelchair participant in historical past to seize a Grand Slam title.
It’s the third – and by far the most important – profession doubles title for the 17-year-old from Cairns, who made his Grand Slam debut eventually yr’s US Open.
Two extra Australians have an opportunity to win a US Open title tomorrow, when Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson contest the boys’s doubles ultimate.
The seventh-seeded duo, who’re the primary all-Australian workforce to progress to a males’s doubles ultimate on the match in 28 years, are aiming to win their first main title collectively.
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Aussies in motion – US Open
RESULTS
Boys’ wheelchair doubles, ultimate
[2] Benjamin Wenzel (AUS)/Ivar van Rijt (NED) d Charlie Cooper (USA)/Tomas Majetic (USA) 6-2 6-1
COMING UP
Males’s doubles, ultimate
[7] Max Purcell (AUS)/Jordan Thompson (AUS) v [10] Kevin Krawietz (GER)/Tim Puetz (GER)
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