Belgians Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen advanced to the second-round at Wimbledon on Friday when they moved past Facundo Diaz Acosta and Alexandre Muller 6-2, 6-3.
The Belgians, who are chasing their second title of the season together, will next play Lloyd Glasspool and Jean-Julien Rojer after the British-Dutch team beat Guido Andreozzi and Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela 6-0, 6-3.
Sebastian Baez and Dustin Brown overcame 13th seeds Hugo Nys and Jan Zielinski 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(10-5) and meet Sebastian Ofner and Sam Weissborn in the second round. The Austrians downed Diego Hidalgo and Alejandro Tabilo 7-5, 6-4.
[ATP APP]Harri Heliovaara and Henry Patten defeated Pedro Martinez and Jaume Munar 7-6(5), 6-3, while Maximo Gonzalez and Andres Molteni sunk Stefanos Tsitsipas and Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-6(3), 6-3.
Germans Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz became the first team to reach the third round when they overcame Yuki Bhambri and Albano Olivetti 4-6, 6-4, 6-3.
All other doubles matches were either suspended or postponed for the day due to rain ending play early on the outside courts.
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