Britain’s Henry Patten and Finnish team-mate Harri Heliovaara maintained their bid to reclaim the Wimbledon men’s doubles title by reaching the quarter-finals with a hard-fought comeback victory.
World number one pairing Patten and Heliovaara, champions at the All England Club in 2024, defeated Czech duo Adam Pavlasek and Patrik Rikl 5-7 6-3 7-6 (10-6).
The 2025 Australian Open winners, who have won 12 titles together since joining forces in 2024, will face Argentine Guido Andreozzi and Frenchman Manuel Guinard for a semi-final place.
The other half of the draw still features Britain’s defending champions Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool, and Neal Skupski, who is partnered by American Christian Harrison.
Skupski is also through to the third round of the mixed doubles, alongside American Desirae Krawczyk, following the sixth seed’s 7-6 (7-5) 4-6 6-3 win against Portugal’s Francisco Cabral and Australian Ellen Perez.
Joe Salisbury and Canada’s Leylah Fernandez also progressed with a 6-4 4-6 6-2 win against British duo Ben Jones and Maia Lumsden.
But Glasspool and Slovakia’s Tereza Mihalikova were beaten 6-3 7-6 (7-3) by France’s Edouard Roger-Vasselin and Germany’s Laura Siegemund.
Marcus Willis and Heather Watson are also out after losing to Harrison and China’s Zhang Shuai 6-2 7-6 (7-4).
