Britain’s Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool advanced to the third round of the Australian Open men’s doubles after defeating Mexico’s Santiago Gonzalez and Austria’s Lucas Miedler.
The 11th seed won 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 in one hour and 49 minutes to become the only Briton to win on day seven in Melbourne.
Tenth seeds Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski lost 6-2 6-4 to Sweden’s Andre Goransson and Dutchman Sem Verbeek, while fellow Briton Luke Johnson was also eliminated from the competition.
Johnson, along with Netherlands’ Sander Arend, lost 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (9-7) to France’s 16th seeds, Fabien Leboul and Sadio Doumbia.
Elsewhere in women’s doubles, Britain’s Harriet Dart and France’s Diane Parry lost 6-0 6-3 to fifth seeds Chan Hao-ching of Taiwan and Ukraine’s Lyudmyla Kichenok.
Salisbury was also eliminated in the mixed doubles with Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko, losing 3-6 6-3 10-1 to second seeds Michael Venus and Erin Routliffe of New Zealand.
