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PARIS — Matt Ebden and John Peers have won Australia's second tennis gold medal in Olympic history. They beat Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram of the United States 6-7 (6), 7-6 (1), 10-8 in a match tiebreaker in the men's doubles final. Olympics doubles uses a first-to-10, win-by-two tiebreaker in place of a traditional third set. The Australian duo trailed by a set and 4-2 in the second set before breaking Ram's serve to begin the comeback. Ebden drew attention at the start of these Olympics when he was a fill-in in singles and lost to Novak Djokovic 6-0, 6-1.
