Venue: Flushing Meadows, New York Dates: 28 August-10 September |
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Wimbledon champions Neal Skupski and Wesley Koolhof cruised into the second round of the men’s doubles at the US Open on Thursday.
The British-Dutch pair beat American duo Ben Shelton and Christopher Eubanks 7-5 7-6 (7-5) on court seven.
The top seeds will face Colombian pair Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah in the last 32.
But Katie Boulter lost in the doubles, with fellow Britons Jamie Murray and Heather Watson still to play.
Boulter, having beaten China’s Wang Yafan in three sets in singles earlier on Thursday to reach the third round, fell to a straight-set defeat in the opening round of the women’s doubles.
She and Kazakh partner Yulia Putintseva lost 6-3 6-3 to China’s Zhu Lin and Wu Fang-hsien of Chinese Taipei.
Later in the women’s doubles, Watson and Kazakh Anna Danilina take on Americans Emma Navarro and Peyton Stearns.
In the mixed doubles, wildcards Murray and American Bethanie Mattek-Sands face Marcelo Melo of Brazil and Czech Katerina Siniakova in their opening match.
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