L16: (1) Wesley Koolhof (NED) & Neal Skupski CR 4 (2+2) vs (WC) Hans Hach & Miguel Angel Reyes (MEX/MEX) CR 163 (97+66)
L16: (3) Jamie Murray & Michael Venus (NZL) CR 47 (34+13) vs Alexander Erler & Lucas Miedler (AUT/AUT) CR 110 (54+56) L16: William Blumberg & Casper Ruud (USA/NOR) UNR (101+0 [but with a CH of 133 in July 2021]) vs Nicolas Mahut (FRA) & Joe Salisbury CR 69 (65+4)
L16: Alexander Erler & Lucas Miedler (AUT/AUT) CR 113 (56+57) defeated (3) Jamie Murray & Michael Venus (NZL) CR 54 (37+17) by 6-3 6-7(7) [11-9]
The boys had SIX set points in the tie-break, then on of them served a double fault & kit looked for a while as though they were on a slippery slope! That came in the MTB!
Surprisingly both Cam and Alcaraz have not withdrawn yet and are on the OOP for today. As are Neal and Jamie.
Cam and Alcaraz have both now withdrawn and will be replaced by LL's
According to the drawsheet whacked - officially "Fatigue" - and "Right Hamstring" respectively.
I'm glad they finally accept fatigue as a legitimate reason when we all knew perfectly well it was the real reason for withdrawal and they were having to come up with ridiculously phony excuses instead