British pair Olivia Nicholls and Henry Patten are by to the quarter-finals of the combined doubles on the French Open.
The Australian Open semi-finalists beat sixth seeds Anna Danilina of Kazakhstan and Finland’s Harri Heliovaara – Patten’s males’s doubles accomplice – 6-4 7-6 (7-0).
Three-time Grand Slam champion Neal Skupski can be by to the quarters after he and his American accomplice Desirae Krawczyk ousted fifth seeds Erin Routliffe and Michael Venus.
Skupski and Krawczyk took the primary set earlier than being pegged again by their New Zealand opponents, however got here by within the final-set tie-break to win 6-3 2-6 11-9.
They’ll face prime seeds Lyudmyla Kichenok of Ukraine and Croatian Mate Pavic within the subsequent spherical.
Lloyd Glasspool additionally reached the combined doubles quarter-finals after he and Mexican accomplice Giuliana Olmos additionally got here out on prime in a championship tie-break.
Glasspool and Olmos beat Cristina Bucsa of Spain and Brazil’s Rafael Matos 6-4 6-7 (7-9) 11-9.
That win units up a quarter-final tie in opposition to second seeds Zhang Shuai of China and El Salvador’s Marcelo Arevalo.
Within the males’s doubles, Luke Johnson will face fellow Britons Julian Money and Lloyd Glasspool in spherical three.
The 31-year-old and his Dutch accomplice Sander Arends superior with a 6-4 6-1 win over Arends’ compatriot David Pel and Jakub Paul of Switzerland.
