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Bains and Lumsden's champion effect astatine Wimbledon until present was past twelvemonth erstwhile they reached the 2nd round| Venue: All England Club Dates: 3-16 July |
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Britain volition person a women's doubles brace successful the quarter-finals of Wimbledon for the archetypal clip since 1973 aft Naiktha Bains and Maia Lumsden secured their spot connected Monday.
The duo bushed Slovakian brace Viktoria Hruncakova and Tereza Mihalikova 6-3 6-7 (5-7) 6-3.
In the men's doubles, Britain's Neal Skupski and Dutch team-mate Wesley Koolhof won to scope the 3rd round.
Later, Briton Jamie Murray plays mixed doubles with partner Taylor Townsend.
British brace Heather Watson and Joe Salisbury are besides seeking to scope the quarter-finals erstwhile they look Ivan Dodig and Latisha Chan.
Watson reached the quarter-finals astatine SW19 successful 2018 with German spouse Tatjana Maria but the past clip Britain had a women's doubles concern successful the quarter-finals was with Jo Durie and Anne Hobbs successful 1973.
Wildcards Bains and Lumsden had already caused an upset successful the archetypal round, defeating 11th seeds Anna Danilina and Xu Yifan earlier downing Magda Linette and Bernarda Pera, 2 players who were seeded successful the singles draw.
The brace volition anticipation to proceed their unexpected tally astatine the All England Club against Czech squad Miriam Kolodziejova and Marketa Vondrousova oregon 3rd seeds Elise Mertens and Storm Hunter successful the past eight.
Top men's seeds Skupski and Koolhof, who are yet to triumph a Grand Slam together, bushed Australian brace Rinky Hijikata and Jason Kubler 7-6 (7-3) 6-2 to scope the quarter-finals.
Skupksi and American spouse Desirae Krawczyk's Wimbledon rubric defence successful the mixed doubles is already implicit aft they mislaid to Belgium's Joran Vliegen and China's Xu Yifan successful the opening round.
The Liverpudlian has lone gone beyond the 3rd circular erstwhile successful men's doubles astatine Wimbledon successful 2017, but is highly fancied this twelvemonth with Koolhof aft the duo reached a archetypal Grand Slam last past twelvemonth and were semi-finalists astatine Queen's.
Meanwhile, Hugo Coquelin and Johannus Monday mislaid their second-round lucifer 7-5 6-3 to India's Rohan Bopanna and Australian Matthew Ebden.
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