Jamie teams up with Venus in mixed doubles

THE crowd-pleasing partnership of Jamie Murray and Venus Williams headline the mixed doubles draw at Wimbledon, while Kyle Edmund makes his long-awaited return.

Williams, who is now 42, had said she would not be playing at Wimbledon this year but decided to follow sister Serena across the Atlantic and will bid to claim a first mixed doubles title at a Grand Slam for 24 years. Jamie has won five slam mixed doubles titles, including two at Wimbledon – in 2007 with Jelena Jankovic and Martina Hingis in 2017.

They will take on New Zealand’s Michael Venus and Pole Alicja Rosolska in round one while former British No.1 Edmund – who has been sidelined since October 2020 with a knee problem – partners fellow home player Olivia Nicholls against American duo Coco Gauff and Jack Sock.

Meanwhile, Tamara Korpatsch has slammed doubles partner Harmony

Tan for pulling out of their first-round women’s doubles match.

Tan stunned Centre Court by defeating Serena Williams on Tuesday night in a first-round singles match lasting more than three hours and will take on Sara Sorribes

Tormo today. Tan then pulled out of the doubles ahead of a scheduled clash against Nadiia Kichenok and Raluca Olaru citing a thigh injury.

Korpatsch wrote on Instagram: “Unfortunately my doubles partner H. Tan retired from our doubles today. She just texted me this morning. Let me wait here one hour before the match start. I’m very sad, disappointed and also very angry that I can’t play my first doubles Grand Slam. And it’s really not fair for me I didn’t deserve that. She asked me before the tournament if we wanna play doubles and I said yes, I didn’t ask her, she asked me! If you’re broken after a 3h match the day before, you can’t play professional. That’s my opinion.”