Australian Open: British pair Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool win in men’s doubles
British pair Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool advance to the third round of the men’s doubles at the Australian Open after defeating Mexico’s Santiago Gonzalez and Austria’s Lukas Midler.
The 11th-seeded team won 6-4 4-6 6-4 in one hour and 49 minutes, becoming the only British team to win on day seven in Melbourne.
Tenth seeds Joe Salisbury and Neil Skupski lost to Sweden’s Andre Goransson and Dutchman Sam Verbeek 6-2 6-4, while fellow Britons Luke Johnson also exited the game.
Johnson, who was joined by Sander Arends of the Netherlands, lost 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (9-7) to French 16th seeds Fabien Rebre and Sadio Doumbia .
Elsewhere, Britain’s Harriet Dart and France’s Diane Parry lost 6-0, 6-3 to fifth seeds Chen Hao-ching of Chinese Taipei and Ukraine’s Lyudmila in the women’s doubles match. · Kichenok.
Salisbury also withdrew from the mixed doubles competition with Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, losing 3-6 6-3 10-1 to second seeds Michael Venus and Erin of New Zealand. Rutliff.
