Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool, who finished 2025 as the world's top-ranked men's doubles pairing, kept their bid to defend the Wimbledon doubles title alive by fighting their way into round three.
Cash and Glasspool survive a scare against the French pair
The third-seeded British duo dropped the opening set before recovering to beat France's Corentin Moutet and Arthur Reymond 4-6 6-4 6-4. The comeback keeps the reigning champions on course to add another Wimbledon crown to their collection, and they will now face Czech-Austrian pairing Petr Nouza and Neil Oberleitner for a place in the last 16.
Patten, Heliovaara and Skupski also progress
Top seeds Henry Patten of Britain and Harri Heliovaara of Finland eased past Americans Mac Kiger and Patrik Trhac to book a third-round meeting with Czech pair Adam Pavlasek and Patrik Rikl. Fellow Briton Neal Skupski, partnering American Christian Harrison, also moved into round three with a straight-set win over Swiss-American duo Jakub Paul and Ryan Seggerman. Between them, three British-involved pairings, including the top seeds and the defending champions, remain alive in the men's doubles draw heading into the second week.
British wildcards exit women's doubles early
It was a shorter stay for Britain's Freya Christie and Eden Silva, who entered the women's doubles as wildcards. The pair lost in straight sets to Australian duo Kimberly Birrell and Talia Gibson in the first round, ending their run before it could gather any momentum.
Glasspool doubles up with a mixed doubles win over Venus Williams
Glasspool was back in action the same day in the mixed doubles, teaming up with Czech player Tereza Mihalikova to beat wildcard pairing Venus Williams of the United States and Germany's Kevin Krawietz 6-4 6-4, sending the pair through to the second round.
There was also good news for British pair Marcus Willis and Heather Watson, who came from a set down to beat Poland's Jan Zielinski and Taiwan's Hsieh Su-wei to reach the second round of the mixed event.
Not every British pairing found a way through, however. Fourth seeds Patten, playing mixed doubles alongside compatriot Olivia Nicholls, suffered a straight-set defeat to American Evan King and Canadian Gabriela Dabrowski. Britons Luke Johnson and Emily Appleton also fell at the final hurdle, losing to American-Kazakh pairing James Tracy and Anna Danilina.
