Here's your daily dose of Wimbledon news, Doubles Take-style.
The fairytale run for Frederik Nielsen is over this year.
The Dane, who won the men’s doubles title back in 2012 as a wild card, came close to another title before Michael Venus and Raven Klaasen stopped him and Joe Salisbury in yesterday’s semifinals. Raven and Klaasen, who just decided to team up this year, will face Mike Bryan and Jack Sock in the championship match.
Here’s a look at some of the semifinal action on tap for Friday.
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Gabriela Dabrowski/Yifan Xu (6) vs. Nicole Melichar/Kveta Peschke (12)
Over the course of the last year and a half, Dabrowski has played the best tennis of her career. She and Xu have established themselves as one of the WTA’s top teams, and the Canadian’s won a couple of Grand Slam mixed doubles titles as well. The veteran Peschke—whose lone major title came at Wimbledon in 2011—continues to perform at a high level, and has gelled quickly with Melichar, her new partner for 2018. The Czech will be fired up to add another major title to her long list of accomplishments.
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Jay Clarke/Harriet Dart vs. Jamie Murray/Victoria Azarenka
It’s official: The kids can play.