Tennis news - Jamie Murray loses two doubles encounters within hours at Australian Open

Updated 23/01/2019 at 06:45 GMT

Britain’s Jamie Murray suffered a double blow on Wednesday after losing his mixed doubles quarter-final with Bethanie Mattek-Sands just hours after exiting the men’s doubles with Bruno Soares at the Australian Open.

Bruno Soares, Jamie Murray

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Murray and Soares fell in straight sets against John Peers and Henri Kontinen in the quarter-final of the men’s doubles.

Peers and Kontinen won 6-3 6-4 to reach the semis, ending Murray and Soares’ bid for a third Grand Slam together.

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Third seeds Murray and Soares were champions in Melbourne two years ago, the same year they won the US Open.

Murray then lost his mixed encounter with American Mattek-Sands, losing to Astra Sharma and John-Patrick Smith 6-2 7-6(5).

Meanwhile, the fifth-pair seeding of Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut beat Bob and Mike Bryan 6-4 7-6(3) to reach the men’s doubles semis.

American duo Ryan Harrison and Sam Querrey also advanced, beating Lukasz Kubot and Horacio Zeballos 3-6 7-6(5) 6-4.

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