Murray/Soares Tied At 13-13 In Deciding Set

After nearly five hours of tennis, third seeds Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares weren’t able to finish their third-round match on Monday at Wimbledon. The pair were deadlocked with No. 16 seeds Mate Pavic and Michael Venus when the match was called due to darkness at 6-3, 7-6(4), 4-6, 4-6, 13-13.

Murray and Soares were unable to serve out the match at 5-3 or convert two match point opportunities at 13-12. The winner of this match will play the winner of eighth seeds Vasek Pospisil/Jack Sock and Julien Benneteau/Edouard Roger-Vasselin.

Jonathan Marray, the 2013 Wimbledon doubles champion, and Adil Shamadsin advanced to the quarter-finals by defeating No. 15 seeds Pablo Cuevas and Marcel Granollers, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 3-6, 14-12. Cuevas and Granollers couldn’t serve out the match at 5-4 in the deciding set. Marray and Shamadsin defeated No. 4 seeds and defending champions Jean Julien-Rojer and Horia Tecau in the opening round. Next up for them are No. 12 seeds Treat Huey and Max Mirnyi, who overcame Oliver Marach and Fabrice Martin, 6-3, 6-2, 7-6(3).

In another marathon third-round match, No. 10 seeds Henri Kontinen and John Peers defeated No. 6 seeds Rohan Bopanna and Florian Mergea, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-7(6), 8-6. Peers reached the final at Wimbledon last year with Murray. They will now play the winner of the match between top seeds Herbert/Mahut and Sam Groth/Robert Lindstedt.

In second-round matches, Herbert and Mahut enjoyed a convincing win over Stephane Robert and Dudi Sela, 6-1, 6-3. The French duo have dropped just five games in their first two matches.

Radek Stepaek and Nenad Zimonjic, the No. 14 seeds, rallied from 3-5 down in the deciding set and saved three match points to defeat Dusan Lajovic and Victor Troicki, 7-6(5), 6-7(4), 10-8. They will now play second seeds and three-time former champions Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan.

Lleyton Hewitt also saw his pro tour comeback end with fellow Australian Jordan Thompson. The pair lost to Pospisil and Sock, 6-4, 6-4.