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Wimbledon 2024 LIVE: Alcaraz, Raducanu, Gauff in action – tennis order of play, scores & results

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Brits in doubles actionpublished at 19:40

Away from the show courts, Britain’s Neal Skupski and Kiwi partner Michael Venus are battling with Australian pair Rinky Hjikata and John Peers for a spot in round three.

After losing the first set 6-4 Hijikata and Peers, who beat Andy and Jamie Murray in the first round, struck back via a tie-break, but Skupski and Venus lead 4-3 in the third.

Elsewhere, four-time men’s doubles Grand Slam champions Joe Salisbury and Rajeev Ram are just under way in their second round tie against Australian-German duo John Patrick Smith and Andreas Mies.

Briton Salisbury and American Ram lead 4-3 in the first set.

British partners Charles Broom and Arthur Fery trail Wesley Koolhof of the Netherlands and Croatian Nikola Metkic 3-3 in the opening set with the match on serve.

In the women’s doubles, Britain’s Olivia Nicholls and Serbian partner Tereza Mihalikova are heading for a deciding set after winning the opener 6-3 before losing the second 6-2 against Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko and Ukrainian Lyudmyla Kichenok.

And British duo Lily Miyazaki and Emily Appleton are 6-1 1-0 down in their encounter with Hsieh Su-Wei of Taiwan and Belgium’s Elise Mertens.

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