Skupski and Koolhof reached the quarter-finals collectively ultimately yr’s Australian Open
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Briton Neal Skupski and Dutch accomplice Wesley Koolhof received a final-set tie-break to beat Petros and Stefanos Tsitsipas within the second spherical of the lads’s doubles on the Australian Open.
The highest seeds received 7-6 (8-6) 4-6 7-6 (10-7) in opposition to the Greek brothers.
They subsequent face Serbia’s Nikola Cacic and Pakistan’s Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi.
Lloyd Glasspool of Britain and Finland’s Harri Heliovaara tackle Australian duo Jason Kubler and Rinky Hijikata afterward Saturday.
Ought to they win, Glasspool and Heliovaara will face Bosnian Tomislav Brkic and Ecuadorian Gonzalo Escobar within the final 16.
US Open finalists Skupski and Koolhof are hoping to win their first Grand Slam collectively having reached the quarter-finals at Melbourne Park final yr.
In the meantime, Stefanos Tsitsipas performs Italian Jannik Sinner within the males’s singles on Sunday after the third seed beat Tallon Griekspoor in straight units on Friday.