Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool, the British duo who finished 2025 as the world's top ranked men's doubles pairing, are keeping their Wimbledon title defence on track after grinding out a three set win to book a place in the quarter finals.
A hard fought path to the last eight
The third seeds needed all three sets to get past Czech Austrian pair Petr Nouza and Neil Oberleitner, eventually closing out the contest 6-3 3-6 7-5. The scoreline reflects how tightly contested the tie was, with Cash and Glasspool dropping the second set before regrouping to take the decider 7-5.
Glasspool downplays the pressure of being defending champions
Speaking about carrying the weight of being the defending champions into this year's tournament, Glasspool said he had not let it weigh on him. "I haven't felt too much pressure, I've just used the confidence from it," he said. He added that treating every match individually, rather than thinking about the bigger picture of defending the title, has been key. "When you take it one match at a time you're not thinking about defending the title, you're just winning the match in front of you," he explained.
Arevalo and Pavic stand between them and the semi-finals
Cash and Glasspool's reward for reaching the quarter finals is a clash with sixth seeds Marcelo Arevalo of El Salvador and Croatia's Mate Pavic, a pairing that will test how far the British No.1s can carry their title defence this year.
Skupski falls in back to back defeats
Elsewhere in the men's doubles draw, Britain's Neal Skupski and his American partner Christian Harrison, seeded fifth, were eliminated in a tight three set loss, going down 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (7-5) to the unseeded Australian American pairing of Thanasi Kokkinakis and Aleksandar Kovacevic.
Skupski's disappointment continued in the mixed doubles, where he partnered American Desirae Krawczyk. The pair, champions in 2021 and 2022 and seeded sixth this year, were beaten 7-6 (7-2) 7-6 (7-5) by Mate Pavic and Hungary's Fanny Stollar.
Glasspool and Fernandez also exit the mixed doubles
Glasspool's own mixed doubles campaign, played alongside Canada's Leylah Fernandez, also came to an end. Their opponents, Harrison and China's Zhang Shuai, recovered from a set down to win 6-7 (5-7) 6-3 6-3. With both British linked pairings now out, Cash and Glasspool remain the country's standard bearers in this year's men's doubles event.
