Marach/Pavic Battle Into Wimbledon SFs

Sixteenth seeds Oliver Marach and Mate Pavic are the first team to reach the doubles semi-finals at Wimbledon, doing so with an emphatic 7-5, 6-2, 6-2 win on Tuesday over Marcin Matkowski and Max Mirnyi.

Marach’s only other Grand Slam semi-final came at the 2009 Australian Open (w/Kubot), while Pavic has never reached the last four at a major. They’ll take on Hans Podlipnik-Castillo and Andrei Vasilevski or Nikola Mektic and Franko Skugor in the next round. That quarter-final was suspended due to rain on Tuesday, with Podlipnik-Castillo/Vasilevski serving at 7-6(8), 4-6, 1-1.

Top seeds Henri Kontinen and John Peers also had their quarter-final suspended against tenth seeds and Roland Garros champions Ryan Harrison and Michael Venus. Kontinen/Peers lead 6-4, 6-7(5), 4-3.

The lone third-round match to be completed saw British brothers Ken Skupski and Neal Skupski delight the home crowd with a 7-6(3), 5-7, 7-6(7), 6-4 victory against Marcus Daniell and Marcelo Demoliner. Next up for the Skupskis are fourth seeds Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo.