Newport, RI, U.S.A.; 04.07.2011 ; 250 ; Outdoor: Grass; Draw: 32 ; Partner: Harrison, Ryan (USA) Round Opponent Ranking Score R16 Treat Conrad Huey(PHI) / Ryan Sweeting(USA) 90/1,161 W 6-2, 6-7(4), 10-6 Q Scott Lipsky(USA) / Rajeev Ram(USA) 26/42 W 6-3, 3-6, 10-7 S Ivo Karlovic(CRO) / Frank Moser(GER) 236/85 W 6-3, 7-5 W Johan Brunstrom(SWE) / Adil Shamasdin(CAN)84/69 W 4-6, 6-3, 10-5 -- Ebden-Harrison Win First Team Title In Newport Newport, U.S.A. / by ATP Staff | 10.07.2011 The first-time duo of Matthew Ebden and Ryan Harrison rallied past fourth seeds Johan Brunstrom and Adil Shamasdin 4-6, 6-3, 10-5 on Sunday in Newport to clinch the title at the Campbell’s Hall Of Fame Tennis Championships. Ebden, 23, and Harrison, 19, were each contesting their first final on the ATP World Tour. “We said before the match that it’s something we want to start to try to win some titles,” said Ebden. “We’re extremely happy we managed to do it here today in Newport. We have to thank the Tournament Director [Mark Stenning] for giving us a wild card or we wouldn’t have gotten in the event. Hopefully we can take this and move on to bigger and better things.” Harrison added: “It was extremely exciting. We were talking about it beforehand. We were looking forward to trying to get our first title and putting ourselves in a position where we could play in these events. Looking forward to the future.” Ebden and Harrison fought off nine of the 11 break points faced on serve in the final, including all three in the second set, while capitalising on two of their three opportunities. The Australian-American duo prevailed in a Match Tie-break for the third time in four matches this week, with one of those wins coming against top seeds Scott Lipsky and Rajeev Ram in the quarter-finals. “Those Match Tie-breaks make it very exciting and fun for the crowd, but it makes us as players a bit nervous; a little bit who can play well under those pressure points,” admitted Ebden. “We handled our nerves quite well all week. We had a few tough matches, but we tried to stay relaxed and focused on our games. We really believed that if we did our stuff well that we could win. ” Harrison said of their ability to handle the pressure: “Matt was very persistent with telling me to just make sure we hustled out every point and make sure we stayed solid and stayed mentally positive throughout the whole thing. It’s just one or two points here and there. “It’s one of those things where we kept battling, even though a couple things were going against us. We had a little bit of bad luck in the beginning of the first set. We just stayed positive and we were trying to stay as focused as possible. We got some things to go our way.” Brunstrom fell to a 1-9 mark in ATP World Tour finals, having won his lone title in 2010 at Gstaad, and reigning Johannesburg doubles champion Shamasdin dropped to a 1-1 mark. They were playing in their second tournament together after first teaming up last month in ‘s-Hertogenbosch. --

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