Wimbledon 2017: Murray and Hingis, Watson and Kontinen reach semi-finals of mixed doubles
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Updated 13/07/2017 at 20:04 GMT
Great Britain has two representatives in the mixed doubles semi-finals at Wimbledon after Jamie Murray and Heather Watson both won through with their respective partners.
Martina Hingis of Switzerland smashes with Jamie Murray of Great Britain during the Mixed Doubles quarter final match against Ken Skupski of Great Britain and Jocelyn Rae of Great Britain on day ten of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All En
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Home hopes may be over in the singles following the exits of Andy Murray and Johanna Konta but there could yet be British silverware to celebrate. Murray and Martina Hingis are the top seeds and defeated all-British pair Ken Skupski and Jocelyn Rae 6-4 6-4.
Watson and Finn Henri Kontinen are the defending champions and could yet make it back-to-back titles after a 6-7 (4/7) 6-4 7-5 win over Rohan Bopanna of India and Canadian Gaby Dabrowski.
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Heather Watson of Great Britain and Henri Kontinen of Finland acknowledge the crowd as they celebrate victory after the Mixed Doubles quarter final match against Rohan Bopanna of India and Gabriela Dabrowski of Canada on day ten of the Wimbledon Lawn Tenn
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Murray and Watson cannot meet until the final, and it will be a familiar face on the other side of the net whatever for Murray if he and Hingis make it.
The Scot's men's doubles partner, Brazilian Bruno Soares, will take on Watson and Kontinen in the last four with Russian Elena Vesnina.
Murray said: "Our goal is to win. We've still got to do two matches.
We're getting closer but tomorrow will be a tough match again. We've got to be ready.
If he does face Watson, Murray will certainly be used to taking on home opposition, with he and Hingis having knocked out Skupski's brother Neal and Anna Smith in round two.
He said of Skupski and Rae: "I was watching them playing last night, I really wanted them to win so there's more guys still playing. "I've trained with Joss a bit, I've known Ken since forever.
"Fortunately for us we won, that's the nicest thing about it from a personal point of view, but it's cool there's still British players playing later in the second week of grand slams."
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