Koolhof/Skupski Advance At Wimbledon | ATP Tour | Tennis

High seeds Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski produced a powerful serving efficiency Monday to achieve the third spherical of Wimbledon.

The Dutch-British duo defeated Australian Open champions Rinky Hijikata and Jason Kubler 7-6(3), 6-2 after profitable 31 of 35 first-serve factors and never going through a break level all through the one-hour, 20-minute contest.

Koolhof and Skupski, who gained the ATP 250 occasion in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, will subsequent meet one other Aussie duo, Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson. Final 12 months, the 25-year-old Purcell teamed with Matthew Ebden to win the Wimbledon males’s doubles title.

In different motion, sixth seeds Ebden and Rohan Bopanna defeated Jacob Fearnley and Johannus Monday 7-5, 6-3. Fourth seeds Hugo Nys and Jan Zielinski moved previous Alexander Davidovich Fokina and Adrian Mannarino 7-6(3), 6-4. Robert Galloway and Lloyd Harris rallied to upset second seeds Ivan Dodig and Austin Krajicek 6-7(5), 7-6(3), 6-1.

Fifth seeds Santiago Gonzalez and Edouard Roger-Vasselin ousted British wild playing cards Toby Samuel and Connor Thomson 6-3, 7-6(4). The 2021 Wimbledon champions Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic survived Francisco Cabral and Rafael Matos 7-5, 7-6(3).