Britain’s Henry Patten and Finnish team-mate Harri Heliovaara maintained their bid to reclaim the Wimbledon males’s doubles title by reaching the quarter-finals with a hard-fought comeback victory.
World primary pairing Patten and Heliovaara, champions on the All England Membership in 2024, defeated Czech duo Adam Pavlasek and Patrik Rikl 5-7 6-3 7-6 (10-6).
The 2025 Australian Open winners, who’ve received 12 titles collectively since becoming a member of forces in 2024, will face Argentine Guido Andreozzi and Frenchman Manuel Guinard for a semi-final place.
The opposite half of the draw nonetheless options Britain’s defending champions Julian Money and Lloyd Glasspool, and Neal Skupski, who’s partnered by American Christian Harrison.
Skupski can also be by means of to the third spherical of the blended doubles, alongside American Desirae Krawczyk, following the sixth seed’s 7-6 (7-5) 4-6 6-3 win towards Portugal’s Francisco Cabral and Australian Ellen Perez.
Joe Salisbury and Canada’s Leylah Fernandez additionally progressed with a 6-4 4-6 6-2 win towards British duo Ben Jones and Maia Lumsden.
However Glasspool and Slovakia’s Tereza Mihalikova have been crushed 6-3 7-6 (7-3) by France’s Edouard Roger-Vasselin and Germany’s Laura Siegemund.
Marcus Willis and Heather Watson are additionally out after dropping to Harrison and China’s Zhang Shuai 6-2 7-6 (7-4).
