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(13) Milos Raonic (Can) bt Dennis Novak (Aut) 7-6 (7-5) 4-6
7-5 6-2, (5) Juan Martin Del Potro (Arg) bt Benoit Paire (Fra)
6-4 7-6 (7-4) 6-3, Gilles Simon (Fra) bt Matthew Ebden (Aus)
6-1 6-7 (3-7) 6-3 7-6 (7-2), (2) Rafael Nadal (Spa) bt Alex De Minaur (Aus) 6-1 6-2 6-4, Jiri Vesely (Cze) bt (19) Fabio Fognini (Ita) 7-6 (7-4) 3-6 6-3
6-2, Karen Khachanov (Rus) bt Frances Tiafoe (USA) 4-6 4-6 7-6
(7-3) 6-2 6-1, Ernests Gulbis (Lat) bt (4) Alexander Zverev (Ger) 7-6
(7-2) 4-6 5-7 6-3 6-0, (12) Novak Djokovic (Ser) bt (21) Kyle Edmund (Gbr) 4-6 6-3 6-2 6-4.
(16) Clara Burel (Fra) bt Daniela Vismane (Lat) 6-3 6-4, Alison Van Uytvanck (Bel) bt (28) Anett Kontaveit (Est) 6-2 6-3, (12) Jelena Ostapenko (Lat) bt Vitalia Diatchenko (Rus) 6-0 6-4, Su-Wei Hsieh (Tpe) bt (1) Simona Halep (Rom) 3-6 6-4
7-5, Belinda Bencic (Swi) bt (27) Carla Suarez Navarro (Spa) 6-1
7-6 (7-3), Dominika Cibulkova (Svk) bt (15) Elise Mertens (Bel)
6-2 6-2, Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Blr) bt (26) Daria Gavrilova (Aus) 6-3 6-1, (11) Angelique Kerber (Ger) bt (18) Naomi Osaka (Jpn) 6-2 6-4.
(13) Raven Klaasen (Rsa) & Michael Venus (Nzl) bt Marcelo Arevalo (Esa) & Hans Podlipnik-Castillo (Chi) 6-4 6-3
6-4, Divij Sharan (Ind) & Artem Sitak (Nzl) bt Julio Peralta (Chi) & Horacio Zeballos (Arg) 6-7 (5-7)
4-6 6-3 7-6 (7-5) 6-4, Leonardo Mayer (Arg) & Joao Sousa (Por) bt Federico Delbonis (Arg) & Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (Mex) 6-1 7-6 (7-1) 6-4, (10) Juan Sebastian Cabal (Col) & Abigail Spears (USA) bt Marcus Daniell (Nzl) & Nadiia Kichenok (Ukr) 7-6 (7-1) 6-3, (14) Ben McLachlan (Jpn) & Jan-Lennard Struff (Ger) bt N.Sriram Balaji (Ind) & Vishnu Vardhan (Ind) 7-6
(7-2) 6-7 (3-7) 7-6 6-3 (7-3), Philipp Petzschner (Ger) & Tim Puetz (Ger) bt (4) Pierre-Hugues Herbert (Fra) & Nicolas Mahut (Fra) 6-4 6-7 (3-7) 7-6 (7-4) 6-3,
(5) JAMIE MURRAY (GBR) & Bruno Soares (Bra) bt Matthew Ebden (Aus) & Taylor Harry Fritz (USA) 7-5 6-3 6-1.
(12) Nicole Melichar (USA) & Kveta Peschke (Cze) bt Georgina Garcia Perez (Spa) & Fanny Stollar (Hun) 6-2 6-4, (4) Andreja Klepac (Slo) & Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (Spa) bt Petra Martic (Cro) & Magdalena Rybarikova (Svk) 6-3 7-5, (9) Kiki Bertens (Ned) & Johanna Larsson (Swe) bt Anastasia Rodionova (Aus) & Maryna Zanevska (Bel) 2-6 7-6 (7-2) 6-2,
(1) Timea Babos (Hun) & Kristina Mladenovic (Fra) bt Lyudmyla Kichenok (Ukr) & Anastasia Rodionova (Aus) 6-3 6-2, (15) Irina-Camelia Begu (Rom) & Mihaela Buzarnescu (Rom) bt Ana Bogdan (Rom) & Kaitlyn Christian (USA) 6-2 6-2, (3) Barbora Krejcikova (Cze) & Katerina Siniakova (Cze) bt Lara Arruabarrena (Spa) & Arantxa Parra Santonja (Spa) 4-6 6-4 6-4,
(2) Andrea Sestini Hlavackova (Cze) & Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (Cze) bt HARRIET DART (GBR) & KATY DUNNE (GBR)
6-2 6-4, Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) & Lucie Safarova (Cze) bt Kaia Kanepi (Est) & Andrea Petkovic (Ger) 6-4 6-2.
Marcin Matkowski (Pol) & Mihaela Buzarnescu (Rom) bt Divij Sharan (Ind) & Alicja Rosolska (Pol) 6-3 7-5, JAMIE MURRAY (GBR) & Victoria Azarenka (Blr) bt Roman Jebavy (Cze) & Lucie Hradecka (Cze) 6-7 (2-7) 6-4 6-4.
(4) Jean-Julien Rojer (Ned) & Demi Schuurs (Ned) bt James Cerretani (USA) & Renata Voracova (Cze) 7-6 (15-13) 6-3, Jack Sock (USA) & Sloane Stephens (USA) bt (15) Marcelo Demoliner (Bra) & Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (Spa) 7-5 6-2,
(3) Ivan Dodig (Cro) & Latisha Chan (Tpe) bt Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (Pak) & Arantxa Parra Santonja (Spa) 6-4 6-4, (12) Matwe Middelkoop (Ned) & Johanna Larsson (Swe) bt NEAL SKUPSKI (GBR) & NAOMI BROADY (GBR) 6-4 7-6 (7-0), (9) Michael Venus (Nzl) & Katarina Srebotnik (Slo) bt Andrei Vasilevski (Blr) & Anastasia Rodionova (Aus) 6-3 6-6 (6-8)
6-2. JAMIE MURRAY took a step towards a title that has eluded him at Wimbledon as he and partner Bruno Soares reached the last 16 of the men’s doubles.
The fifth seeds were too strong for unseeded pair Matthew Ebden of Australia and American Taylor Fritz, winning 7-5 6-3 6-1.
Murray, a five-time Grand Slam doubles champion, was a beaten finalist with previous pal John Peers three years ago.
But the Brit hopes to go one further in London SW19 this summer.
Murray, brother of two-time Wimbledon singles champion Andy, has taken the mixed crown at the All England Club on two occasions.
But he was going to opt out of defending his 2017 triumCpAhP–TsIOeNal:e8dpwt ith the now retired Martina Hingis – to boocsatphtiosnchwaonrdcessinin the men’s event, before opting to enter hweitrhe npelewaspeartner Victoria Azarenka this year.
Now he believes he can achieve a double double. And he made a good start with the help of Soares.
HARRY PRATT SMOOTH: Del Potro NET LOSS: Edmund is consoled by winner Djokovic JUAN MARTIN DEL POTRO is making a serious racket at Wimbledon again – after breezing into the last 16 for the first time in five years.
The Argentine giant had not reached the second week here since 2013 following a serious wrist injury that required several bouts of career-saving surgery.
But having slowly but surely recovered from that problem over the last couple of seasons, Del Potro is now back at No.4 in the world.
And on the evidence of the 6ft 6ins powerhouse’s smooth, swift passage in each of his three matches to date he looks a genuine contender.
The 2009 US Open champion was in top form yesterday on Court Two, where he thumped flamboyant Frenchman Benoit Paire.
The 6-4 7-6 6-4 victory in two hours and 24 minutes means he is still to drop a set en route to a fourth-round showdown tomorrow against France’s Gilles Simon who beat Aussie Matthew Ebden in four sets.
All of which means the fifth seed could be the one to threaten Rafa Nadal’s bid for glory at the quarter-final stage.
While Del Potro, 29, was delighted, Paire was unhappy with officials.
The world No.47, who twice fell heavily during the encounter, moaned about a number of overrules. He said: “I’d give the umpire one out of 10 – for calling the score.”