Nicholls and Patten progress in mixed doubles
French Open 2025Dates: 25 May-8 June Venue: Roland GarrosCoverage: Live radio commentaries across 5 Live Sport and BBC Sounds, plus live text commentaries on the BBC Sport website and app
British pair Olivia Nicholls and Henry Patten are through to the quarter-finals of the mixed doubles at the French Open.The Australian Open semi-finalists beat sixth seeds Anna Danilina of Kazakhstan and Finland's Harri Heliovaara - Patten's men's doubles partner - 6-4 7-6 (7-0).Three-time Grand Slam champion Neal Skupski is also through to the quarters after he and his American partner Desirae Krawczyk ousted fifth seeds Erin Routliffe and Michael Venus.Skupski and Krawczyk took the first set before being pegged back by their New Zealand opponents, but came through in the final-set tie-break to win 6-3 2-6 11-9.They will face top seeds Lyudmyla Kichenok of Ukraine and Croatian Mate Pavic in the next round.Lloyd Glasspool also reached the mixed doubles quarter-finals after he and Mexican partner Giuliana Olmos also came out on top in a championship tie-break.Glasspool and Olmos beat Cristina Bucsa of Spain and Brazil's Rafael Matos 6-4 6-7 (7-9) 11-9.That win sets up a quarter-final tie against second seeds Zhang Shuai of China and El Salvador's Marcelo Arevalo.In the men's doubles, Luke Johnson will face fellow Britons Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool in round three.The 31-year-old and his Dutch partner Sander Arends advanced with a 6-4 6-1 win over Arends' compatriot David Pel and Jakub Paul of Switzerland.
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