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Yahoo
10-07-2025
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- Yahoo
Skupski backing British doubles stars to secure Wimbledon success
Neal Skupski and Wesley Koolhof celebrate with their trophies after winning the men's doubles final against Spain's Marcel Granollers and Argentina's Horacio Zeballos (REUTERS/Dylan Martinez) By Will Jennings at Wimbledon Neal Skupski will unfurl his British flag and roar on his doubles compatriots despite his Wimbledon campaign coming to an end. The Liverpool ace, 35, and Joe Salisbury lost a tight quarter-final battle against fourth seeds Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos on Wednesday. Advertisement The British duo went down in a pair of tie-breaks as a 7-6(6) 7-6(3) defeat dashed Skupski's hopes of a second men's doubles title in SW19. Salisbury will now turn his attention to a mixed doubles final alongside Luisa Stefani today, while in the men's draw, both Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool navigated their way to the semi-finals with a thrilling three-set triumph against defending champions Henry Patten and Harri Heliovaara. Skupski, who lost his mixed doubles quarter-final alongside Desirae Krawczyk on Monday, will travel back to Liverpool this morning but is relishing the prospect of supporting the British home favourites from afar. Advertisement 'Of course – I'll be home in the morning, but I'll be watching up in Liverpool!' said Skupski, a three-time Wimbledon champion across men's and mixed doubles. 'I'll watch Joe on the TV and the other British boys – I can put my feet up while Joe focuses on his final. 'I'll get the British flag out and cheer for the lads! 'It was close today – there wasn't much in it, we played a good match and everyone served very well. We didn't give many chances away. 'That's good grass court doubles, with everyone playing a high level.' Sixth seeds Skupski and Salisbury, a six-time Grand Slam doubles champion, beat fellow British pair Josh Paris and Charles Broom in their opening encounter at the All England Club. Advertisement Two more victories followed but a date against experienced operators Granollers, 39, and Zeballos, 40, proved a step too far. They were pushed all the way in front of a partisan Court 3 crowd but were unable to advance to the semi-finals and keep Skupski's hopes of emulating his 2023 triumph alongside Wesley Koolhof here alive. 'When you get chances you've got to take them, but those boys are obviously very experienced,' added Skupski. 'It's disappointing – I'll go over the match to see where we can improve. 'It's sad to be leaving at the quarter-final stage, but we'll reevaluate and be back next year.' Advertisement Looking ahead to his mixed doubles final, Salisbury, 33, said: 'It was a bit of a surprise getting to the final as it was a bit of a last-minute partnership. 'But it's great be in the final playing for a Wimbledon title.' PLEASE LEAVE IN FINAL PAR - For the latest action on the British summer grass court season, check out the LTA website.
BBC News
06-07-2025
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- BBC News
Former champions Skupski and Krawczyk progress
Former champions Neal Skupski and Desirae Krawczyk beat Nathaniel Lammons and Alexandra Panova to progress to the mixed doubles quarter-finals at Skupski and American Krawczyk, who won the title together in 2021 and 2022, took 53 minutes to win 6-4 fan Skupski wore a black ribbon on his T-shirt in tribute to their forward Diogo Jota, who died in a car crash on men's doubles partner Joe Salisbury also won in the last 16 as he and Brazilian Luisa Stefani prevailed in two tie breaks to beat Andres Molteni of Argentina and American Asia Muhammad 7-6 (9-7) 7-6 (7-5).After winning the first set 7-6 (7-2), British duo Joshua Paris and Eden Silva secured their passage into the quarter-finals as opponents Robert Galloway of the USA and Indonesia's Aldila Sutjiadi another all-British duo went out as David Stevenson and Maia Lumsden lost 6-3 6-4 to eighth seeds Mate Pavic and Timea Babos.
BBC News
05-07-2025
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- BBC News
Britain's Salisbury and Skupski reach third round
Wimbledon 2025Dates: 30 June-13 July Venue: All England ClubCoverage: Live across BBC TV, radio and online with extensive coverage on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, Connected TVs and mobile app. Full coverage guide. Britain's Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski have progressed to the third round of the men's doubles at French Open runners-up, seeded sixth at the All England Club, defeated Colombian Nicolas Barrientos and India's Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli 6-4 7-6 (9-7).They will face Argentine 12th seeds Maximo Gonzalez and Andres Molteni for a place in the all-British pairings Sonay Kartal and Jodie Burrage, and Mimi Xu and Ella McDonald, were eliminated from the women's doubles who will face Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova for a place in the quarter-finals of the women's singles on Sunday, and team-mate Burrage lost 6-3 6-1 to Brazil's Beatriz Haddad Maia and Germany's Laura and McDonald fell to Americans Sofia Kenin and Caroline Dolehide 6-2 the mixed doubles, Marcus Willis and Alicia Barnett were beaten 7-5 6-1 by Mexican Santiago Gonzalez and Slovakia's Tereza Mihalikova. Salisbury is a four-time major champion in men's doubles, with each of those successes coming alongside American Rajeev Ram, while Skupski triumphed at Wimbledon alongside Dutchman Wesley Koolhof two years joined forces at this year's Australian Open, where they exited in the second round, they reached the Roland Garros final but lost out to Marcel Granollers and Horacio settled the first set with a single break of serve before prevailing in a 16-point second-set tie-break, during which they saved three set points to avoid being taken to a in men's doubles action on Saturday are British fifth seeds Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool, who face German Hendrik Jebens and France's Albano Olivetti.
The Independent
04-07-2025
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- The Independent
Francisco Cabral's simple tribute to Diogo Jota
Portuguese tennis player Francisco Cabral wore a black ribbon at Wimbledon to honour Liverpool player Diogo Jota. Diogo Jota and his brother, Andre Silva, died in a car crash in Spain on Thursday. Cabral stated it was an "honour" to wear the ribbon after Wimbledon officials rejected his initial request to wear a black armband due to the tournament's strict all-white dress code. Cabral described Jota as an "inspiration" not only for him but for Portugal as a whole. British doubles player Neal Skupski, a Liverpool fan, also considered wearing a black armband but chose not to, though he may do so later in the Championships.
Evening Standard
04-07-2025
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- Evening Standard
Portuguese tennis player Cabral's black ribbon tribute to footballer Jota
Liverpool fan and British doubles player, Neal Skupski, had also brought a black armband for his match on Thursday but opted not to wear it, after learning of the death of his grandmother shortly after coming off court.
