Christopher Eubanks and Evan King headlined a day of doubles upsets Sunday at Wimbledon, where they ousted sixth seeds Santiago Gonzalez and Edouard Roger-Vasselin 6-3, 7-6(3) to reach the third round.
Alternates Eubanks and King played their first tour-level event as a team at Roland Garros, where they advanced to the second round. They will next face ninth seeds Neal Skupski and Michael Venus, who clawed past Rinky Hijikata and John Peers 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-4. Skupski won the title last year with Wesley Koolhof.
Koolhof will not lift the trophy two years in a row. Home wild cards Charles Broom and Arthur Fery ousted seventh seeds Koolhof and Nikola Mektic 7-6(4), 7-6(5).
[ATP APP]There was another upset when Andreas Mies and John-Patrick Smith upset third seeds Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.
Smith had made the second round at The Championships six times, but never advanced further. Now the Australian and partner Mies will play 15th seeds Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson.
“It's good to actually finally break that hump there and make it another round deeper,” Smith said. “Obviously a great quality team, two guys who are multiple Slam champions and it doesn't get any easier in the next one with Aussie boys, who obviously play really well on the grass.”
In other action 11th seeds Maximo Gonzalez and Andres Molteni eliminated Tomas Machac and Zhang Zhizhen 7-6(4), 6-4 and Mackenzie McDonald and Ben Shelton completed a 6-2, 6-7(3), 6-4 victory against Flavio Cobolli and Lorenzo Sonego.
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