NO SILVA LINING

THE last Britons left standing in the senior events at Wimbledon saw their hopes shattered last night.

Evan Hoyt and Eden Silva blew their chances of making the semi-finals of the mixed doubles in bizarre fashion as they crashed 7-5, 7-6 to eighth seeds Ivan Dodig, of Croatia, and Latisha Chan, of Taiwan. And the British pair only had themselves to blame.

Welshman Hoyt and Londoner Silva led 4-1 in each set after blistering starts and even 4-0 in the second set tie-break before collapsing.