Skupski through in men's doubles but Salisbury out

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Britain's Neal Skupski progressed to nan 3rd information of nan men's doubles astatine Wimbledon but Joe Salisbury's run is over.

Skupski and New Zealand's Michael Venus - seeded ninth - hit Australia's John Peers and Rinky Hijikata 6-4 6-7 (5-7) 6-4 successful a lucifer that was many times disrupted by rain.

They will look Americans Christopher Eubanks and Evan King next.

Later, Salisbury and his American partner Rajeev Ram - who are four-time Grand Slam champions and seeded 3rd astatine nan All England Club - mislaid 4-6 6-3 6-2 to German Andreas Mies and Australia's John-Patrick Smith.

However Skupski will beryllium joined successful nan 3rd information by British wildcards Charles Broom and Arthur Fery aft they defeated seventh seeds Wesley Koolhof of nan Netherlands and Croatia's Nikola Mektic 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (7-5).

British wildcards Marcus Willis and Alicia Barnett besides won connected Sunday arsenic nan mixed doubles yet sewage nether measurement - 2 days later than planned.

With their lucifer moved to Court One, Willis and Barnett made usage of nan location crowd to triumph 6-3 3-6 (10-5) against eighth seeds Ivan Dodig of Croatia and Taiwan's Chan Hao-ching.

In nan women's doubles 2nd round, Emily Appleton and Lily Miyazaki mislaid 6-1 6-2 to nan apical seeds, Belgium's Elise Mertens and Hsieh Su-wei of Taiwan.

There was defeat, too, successful nan 3rd information for Olivia Nicholls and her Slovakian partner Tereza Mihalikova, arsenic they were beaten 3-6 6-2 6-3 by ninth seeds Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia and Ukraine's Lyudmyla Kichenok.

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