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With Wimbledon in full swing and seeds falling in all areas, the doubles is not exempt from this. In the ATP doubles, the highest seeds left in the event after the second round are Jamie Murray & Bruno Soares, who are seeded fifth. The first round saw the top seeds and the third seeds tumble […] READ MORE
Second seeds Henri Kontinen and John Peers defeated Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau 7-6(3) 7-6(6) on Tuesday in a nail-biting encounter that kept their hopes of progressing to the knockout stages of the ATP Finals alive. With both pairs having suffered defeat in the opening round of “Group Eltingh/Haarhuis” last week, the stakes were high […] READ MORE
Ten years after winning the Wimbledon mixed doubles with Jelena Jankovic, Jamie Murray once again secured the Wimbledon mixed doubles title, this time with Martina Hingis. The defending champions Heather Watson and Henri Kontinen made it to the final, defeating several seeded pairings again on the way. At the end, though, the top seeds were […] READ MORE
With Serena & Venus Williams unable to take part in the Ladies’ Doubles at Wimbledon, due to Serena missing from the tour because of pregnancy; this meant there would be new Ladies’ Doubles champions at the All-England Club in 2017. The top seeds were Bethanie Mattek-Sands & Lucie Safarova, and they won their first round […] READ MORE