Indian Wells, USA , 14 March 2024 | Leigh Rogers
Two Australians have progressed to the ladies’s doubles semifinals at Indian Wells for the primary time since 1996.
Ellen Perez and American accomplice Nicole Melichar-Martinez secured their spot with a hard-fought 7-5 3-6 [10-5] victory in opposition to the eighth-seeded mixture of Lyudmyla Kichenok and Jelena Ostapenko in at this time’s quarterfinals.
The fourth seeds have now received seven consecutive matches, after scooping their greatest title collectively in San Diego earlier this month.
This continues a career-best run for 28-year-old Perez on the WTA 1000 event. The world No.8’s earlier finest consequence was a second-round exit.
World No.3 Storm Hunter can also be having fun with a career-best run within the Californian desert and secured her semifinal place yesterday alongside her Czech accomplice Katerina Siniakova.
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It marks solely the second time within the event’s 35-year historical past that two Australians have progressed to the ladies’s doubles semifinals.
The one earlier time this occurred was 28 years in the past, with Liz Smylie (partnering American Linda Wild) and Rennae Stubbs (partnering American Lisa Raymond) that includes among the many ultimate 4 groups.
The final Australian to win a ladies’s doubles title at Indian Wells was Sam Stosur in 2007.
Aussies in motion – Indian Wells
RESULTS
Ladies’s doubles, quarterfinals
[4] Ellen Perez (AUS)/Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) d [8] Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR)/Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) 7-5 3-6 [10-5]
COMING UP
Ladies’s doubles, semifinals
[3] Storm Hunter (AUS)/Katerina Siniakova (CZE) v Asia Muhammad (USA)/Ena Shibahara (JPN)
[4] Ellen Perez (AUS)/Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) v TBD
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