Eubanks King spring upset in day of doubles surprises at Wimbledon

pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/christopher-eubanks/e865/overview'Christopher Eubanks/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/evan-king/kb37/overview'Evan King/a headlined a day of doubles upsets Sunday at a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a, where they ousted sixth seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/santiago-gonzalez/g551/overview'Santiago Gonzalez/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/edouard-roger-vasselin/r613/overview'Edouard Roger-Vasselin/a 6-3, 7-6(3) to reach the third round./p

pAlternates Eubanks and King played their first tour-level event as a team at a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/roland-garros/520/overview'Roland Garros/a, where they advanced to the second round. They will next face ninth seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/neal-skupski/sl22/overview'Neal Skupski/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/michael-venus/v576/overview'Michael Venus/a, who clawed past a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rinky-hijikata/h0bh/overview'Rinky Hijikata/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/john-peers/pc96/overview'John Peers/a 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-4. Skupski won the title last year with a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/wesley-koolhof/kc41/overview'Wesley Koolhof/a./p

pKoolhof will not lift the trophy two years in a row. Home wild cards a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/charles-broom/bv21/overview'Charles Broom/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/arthur-fery/f0dm/overview'Arthur Fery/a ousted seventh seeds Koolhof and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/nikola-mektic/mf09/overview'Nikola Mektic/a 7-6(4), 7-6(5)./p

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pThere was another upset when a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andreas-mies/mj40/overview'Andreas Mies/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/john-patrick-smith/sj55/overview'John-Patrick Smith/a upset third seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rajeev-ram/r548/overview'Rajeev Ram/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/joe-salisbury/so70/overview'Joe Salisbury/a 4-6, 6-3, 6-2./p

pSmith had made the second round at The Championships six times, but never advanced further. Now the Australian and partner Mies will play 15th seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/max-purcell/ph71/overview'Max Purcell/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jordan-thompson/tc61/overview'Jordan Thompson/a./p

pldquo;It's good to actually finally break that hump there and make it another round deeper,rdquo; Smith said. ldquo;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.rdquo;/p

pIn other action 11th seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/maximo-gonzalez/g585/overview'Maximo Gonzalez/a anda href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andres/a132/overview' Andres/a Molteni eliminated a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/tomas-machac/m0fh/overview'Tomas Machac/a and Zhang Zhizhen 7-6(4), 6-4 and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/mackenzie-mcdonald/mk66/overview'Mackenzie McDonald/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/ben-shelton/s0s1/overview'Ben Shelton/a completed a 6-2, 6-7(3), 6-4 victory against a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/flavio-cobolli/c0e9/overview'Flavio Cobolli/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/lorenzo-sonego/su87/overview'Lorenzo Sonego/a./p

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