Matt Ebden and junior tennis friend Kevin Anderson have won the ATP 500 Doubles tournament in Acapulco, Mexico, defeating Feliciano Lopez and Max Mirnyi 6-3 6-3 in the final.
“It was the first time for us playing together. I’ve known Kevin since we were kids. We grew up playing junior tennis together,” Ebden said.
“I was just really thankful that he was able to play through the doubles and the singles. It’s a massive effort by him. I really owe it to him.”
En-route to the final, Ebden and Anderson needed consecutive third set match tie-breaks wins in their quarterfinal and semifinal matches.
“It feels good to go out there and win the doubles title with Matt,” Anderson said.
“We had a lot of fun all week. We had some really close matches. He played really well and I was able to turn it around and actually feel quite good. All in all it was a great week.”