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Ash Barty and Casey Dellacqua won again to move through to the women's doubles quarterfinals at Wimbledon, while John Peers also reached the last eight.

London, UK, 11 July 2017 | Matt Trollope

Ash Barty and Casey Dellacqua have continued their march through the women’s doubles draw at Wimbledon, winning through to the quarterfinals on Monday in straight sets over Elise Mertens and Demi Schuurs.

The No.8 seeds won 6-1 7-6(6) and will next take on second seeds Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina, the reigning Olympic gold medallists from Rio.

Also advancing on Monday was John Peers, who along with Finnish partner Henri Kontinen overcame qualifiers Hugo Nys and Antonio Sancic.

After his second-round win on Saturday, world No.2 doubles player John Peers sat down with tennis.com.au to discuss Wimbledon, Australian Open success and fatherhood.

London, UK, 9 July 2017 | Matt Trollope

No.1 seeds John Peers and Henri Kontinen are through to the third round of the men’s doubles event at Wimbledon after a 6-3 6-4 6-4 win over British wildcards Scott Clayton and Jonny O’Mara. 

Peers, the world No.2 doubles player who with Kontinen is the reigning Australian Open champion, sat down with tennis.com.au to chat about Wimbledon so far, his exploits at home and how life has changed since becoming a father.

After a tough opening round, how do you feel you’re settling into the tournament after today’s straight-sets win?

As we head into the second week of Wimbledon 2017 the big four and eight out of the top 10 seeds are still left standing. There is also only three unseeded players left in the draw including Paire, Anderson, and Mannarino.

So things are shaping up nicely but Murray and Djokovic have by far the easier draws left of the big four. Djokovic, in particular, is having it quite good with his first round opponent retiring and not having faced a seed four the first four rounds. Even the 15th seed Monfils lost to Mannarino. It just goes to show you that draws don’t necessarily mean anything.

That said, Djokovic has been playing well and it probably wouldn’t have made much of a difference who he faced. Today he defeated one of the surprises of the Championships Gulbis 6-4, 6-1, 7-6(2). It was a slow start but once Djokovic found Gulbis’ forehand it was one unforced error after the other and Gulbis never recovered.

That Djokovic shot of the day I mentioned earlier (courtesy of @doublefault28) pic.twitter.com/uiLOokfJnf

Two-time Grand Slam finalist Mark Philippoussis sees brighter days ahead for Australia's men, including new protégé Thanasi Kokkinakis.

London, UK, 9 July 2017 | AAP

Mark Philippoussis can see through the gloom and predict sunny days ahead for Australian tennis after enjoying an insightful Wimbledon coaching cameo with Thanasi Kokkinakis.

While a hip injury has stalled Nick Kyrgios’ progression and Bernard Tomic endures a motivational crisis, Philippoussis is tipping Kokkinakis to emerge from the wilderness and crack a place among the game’s elite.

Once bracketed alongside Kyrgios as a potential future world No.1 by tennis legends Mats Wilander and John Newcombe, Kokkinakis is languishing at 486th in the rankings after almost two years battling crippling injuries.