Wimbledon - UK report: Murray-Mirnyi through

Eurosport - Sat, 28 Jun 19:03:00 2008

Jamie Murray has reached the third round of the men's doubles with his Belarus playing partner Max Mirnyi.

Jamie Murray - Scotland - 0

Scotland's Jamie Murray (pictured) and Mirnyi resisted a third-set fightback by American James Cerretani and Romanian Vicotr Hanescu to win 6-4 6-4 7-6(0) on Court 1.

Jamie Murray, reigning mixed doubles champions at Wimbledon, joins his brother Andy, who defeated Tommy Haas, in the third round of the men's singles, as the other Briton still in contention at the Grand Slam event.

Elsewhere, British pair Jamie Delgado and Katie O'Brien went down in straight sets in the second round of the mixed doubles.

Delgado and O'Brien lost 6-4 6-0 to Israeli Andy Ram and Nathalie Dechy of France on Court 17.

Also out of Wimbledon are ladies doubles pair Anne Keothavong and Melanie South, who lost 6-4 4-6 7-5 to Akgul Amanmuradova of Uzbekistan and Belarus' Darya Kustova.

Terence O'Rorke / Eurosport

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  1. Go, Jamie! Not just with Max, with Liezel two! Show Jelena Janković what she's missing!

    From Joe Mary, on Sat 28 Jun 8:22PM
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