Former University of Georgia standout Ellen Perez made a historic run for her home country of Australia in the Olympic women’s doubles competition in Tokyo.
Paired with Sam Stosur, the duo won two matches before falling in the quarterfinals Wednesday and just missing a chance for a medal. In the first round, Perez and Stosur began with a 4-6, 6-1 [10-5] come-from-behind win over the Latvian duo Jelena Ostapenko and Ansatasija Sevastova. The Australians stormed back in a tie-break win after the Latvians took a 5-1 lead.
In the second round, they faced the Romanian team of Monica Niculescu and Raluca Olaru who had knocked out the fifth seed in their opening match.