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Wimbledon 2023: Jamie Murray & Michael Venus win to continue pursuit of Grand Slam title

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Sunday, 09 July 2023 07:20

Briton Jamie Murray and New Zealander Michael Venus continued their quest for a first Grand Slam title together with victory over Alexander Erler and Lucas Miedler in round two at Wimbledon.

The 13th seeds beat the tournament debutants 6-7 (5-7) 7-6 (7-3) 6-3.

An emphatic break to love late in the deciding set meant the Austrians lost out in a tight contest.

Later, Briton Katie Boulter and her Australian boyfriend Alex de Minaur are due in mixed doubles action.

Murray will be in action again later on Sunday with American mixed doubles partner Taylor Townsend, while British duo Heather Watson and Joe Salisbury resume their match against American Nathaniel Lammons and Mexican Giuliana Olmos after it was suspended following just one game on Saturday.

Murray and Venus only teamed up earlier this year and have won tournaments in Dallas, Banja Luka and Geneva but have yet to replicate that success in a Grand Slam, suffering early exits at the French Open and Australian Open.

Over a distinguished career, the 37-year-old Murray has won seven Grand Slam titles in all - two in men's doubles alongside Bruno Soares and five in mixed.

Against the Austrian pair on the Wimbledon grass, he and Venus were boosted by the backing of Murray's home crowd but struggled to make an impact on their opponents' serve with two of the three sets ending in a tie-break.

Murray and Venus finally found the pivotal moment with an emphatic break to love in the eighth game of the deciding set, roaring at each other in delight before holding to love to seal victory.

Murray reached the men's doubles final at SW19 in 2015 with John Peers, and Venus got to the same stage with Raven Klaasen in 2018, but neither lifted the trophy.

British pair Liam Broady and Jonny O'Mara fell at the first hurdle against Portugal's Francisco Cabral and Brazil's Rafael Matos, losing 7-5 6-4.

Meanwhile, Briton Lloyd Glasspool and French partner Nicolas Mahut also lost, suffering a second-round 4-6 6-3 7-6 (10-7) defeat by Dutch player David Pel and American Reese Stalder.

In the women's doubles, Britain's Maia Lumsden and Naiktha Bains moved into the last 16 with a 6-4 6-4 victory over Poland's Magda Linette and American Bernarda Pera.

Men's singles fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, who continues his campaign in that event on Monday against American Christopher Eubanks, was knocked out of the doubles alongside brother Petros early on Sunday.

The siblings were beaten 6-7 (3-7) 6-4 6-2 by French teenagers Arthur Fils and Luca Van Assche after the first-round match rolled over from Saturday because of rain.

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