Australian Open 2023: Britain's Neal Skupski knocked out of both doubles events

Neal Skupski (left) and Wesley Koolhof are the satellite fig 1 brace successful men's doubles

Neal Skupski's Australian Open hopes were dashed arsenic the Briton suffered 2 doubles defeats successful 1 day.

The apical seeds were beaten 6-3 6-1 by the Australian wildcards.

Skupski past mislaid successful the mixed doubles semi-finals with American Desirae Krawczyk, going down 6-7 (5-7) 7-6 (7-5) 10-6 to Indian duo Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna.

He had been hoping to scope back-to-back Grand Slam finals with Dutchman Koolhof aft finishing arsenic runners-up astatine the 2022 US Open.

Hijikata and Kubler are playing their archetypal tourney arsenic a partnership.

They volition instrumentality connected eighth seeds Marcel Granollers of Spain and Horacio Zeballos of Argentina successful the past four.

Skupski and Krawczyk person won the past 2 Wimbledon mixed doubles titles but person ne'er reached the last astatine Melbourne Park.

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