Wimbledon Doubles Action Dominates July 2nd; Cary Tournament Advances
Wimbledon Doubles First Round Recap
Wimbledon's opening day of doubles competition on July 2nd saw 26 matches contested across the men's, women's, and mixed doubles draws. The men's doubles featured strong performances from Gille and Verbeek, who defeated Balaji and Demoliner 6-3, 6-7, 4-6 in a tight three-set affair. Granollers and Zeballos advanced despite dropping the first set 7-6 against Galloway and Peers, eventually winning 6-7, 3-6, while Griekspoor and Van De Zandschulp claimed their spot with a 4-6, 4-6 victory over Arends and Pel.
On the women's side, Kichenok and Krawczyk dominated with a commanding 6-1, 6-0 shutout of Oliynykova and Zarazua. Siniakova and Townsend also impressed with a 6-4, 6-0 triumph over Chan and Tauson. Kempen and Panova required three sets to dispatch Jovic and Linette 6-7, 6-1, 7-5, while Danilina and Krunic edged Fernandez and Putintseva 6-2, 1-6, 6-3 in a competitive battle.
Mixed doubles saw Aoyama and Liang recover from a first-set loss to beat Bouzas Maneiro and Sonmez 5-7, 6-2, 6-2. Piter and Siskova advanced over Boulter and Watson 6-4, 6-7, 6-3 in another tightly contested match.
Cary Tournament Progresses
In Cary, the quarterfinal round featured significant results with Bianchi and Harper defeating Milavsky and Sheehy 7-6, 3-6, 10-6 in a marathon doubles encounter. In singles action, Kennedy advanced past Broady 6-2, 5-7, 6-7 in a three-set slugfest.
Meanwhile at Wimbledon, R. Jodar secured a five-set victory over P. Carreno-Busta 3-6, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4, showcasing impressive resilience to turn the match around after losing the opening and third sets.
All results of 2026-07-02
| Tournament | Match | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Wimbledon | Gille/ Verbeek def. Balaji/ Demoliner | 6-3 6-7 4-6 |
| Wimbledon | Ho/ Jebens def. Frantzen/ Haase | 4-6 6-7 |
| Wimbledon | Nouza/ Oberleitner def. Goransson/ King | 7-6 6-7 3-6 |
| Wimbledon | Andreozzi/ Guinard def. Carreno-Busta/ Munar | 4-6 7-6 1-6 |
| Wimbledon | Arribage/ Olivetti def. Luz/ Matos | 6-3 6-2 |
| Wimbledon | Granollers/ Zeballos def. Galloway/ Peers | 6-7 3-6 |
| Wimbledon | Griekspoor/ Van De Zandschulp def. Arends/ Pel | 4-6 4-6 |
| Wimbledon | Doumbia/ Reboul def. Kirkov/ Stevens | 2-6 7-5 6-3 |
| Wimbledon | Cash/ Tracy def. Barrientos/ Borges | 6-3 6-4 |
| Wimbledon | Alexandrova/ Joint def. Erjavec/ Marcinko | 6-2 6-4 |
| Wimbledon | Guo/ Mladenovic def. Burrage/ Stojsavljevic | 6-3 7-5 |
| Wimbledon | Starodubtseva/ Stearns def. Haverlag/ Udvardy | 6-4 4-6 6-4 |
| Wimbledon | Bouzkova/ Sorribes Tormo def. Potapova/ Tagger | 2-6 0-6 |
| Wimbledon | Siniakova/ Townsend def. Chan H-/Tauson | 6-4 6-0 |
| Wimbledon | Kenin/ Ostapenko def. Bartunkova/ Eala | 6-3 3-6 1-6 |
| Wimbledon | Kichenok/ Krawczyk def. Oliynykova/ Zarazua | 6-1 6-0 |
| Wimbledon | Danilina/ Krunic def. Fernandez/ Putintseva | 6-2 1-6 6-3 |
| Wimbledon | Aoyama/ Liang def. Bouzas Maneiro/ Sonmez | 5-7 6-2 6-2 |
| Wimbledon | Sutjiadi/ Tjen def. Dart/ Lumsden | 3-6 4-6 |
| Wimbledon | Neel/ Olmos def. Hozumi/ Wu | 6-3 6-2 |
| Wimbledon | Kempen/ Panova def. Jovic/ Linette | 6-7 6-1 7-5 |
| Wimbledon | Siegemund/ Zvonareva def. Brooks/ Rajecki | 4-6 2-6 |
| Wimbledon | Eikeri/ Gleason def. Jurak Schreiber/ Ruzic | 0-6 3-6 |
| Wimbledon | Piter/ Siskova def. Boulter/ Watson | 6-4 6-7 6-3 |
| Wimbledon | Maleckova/ Skoch def. Mihalikova/ Nicholls | 6-2 7-6 |
| Wimbledon | Hsieh S-/Wang def. Dudeney/ Xu | 3-6 4-6 |
| Cary | Bianchi/ Harper def. Milavsky/ Sheehy | 7-6 3-6 10-6 |
| Cary | Nam Ji/ Niklas-Salminen def. Shimizu/ Watanabe | 7-6 2-6 6-10 |
| Wimbledon | R. Jodar def. P. Carreno-Busta | 3-6 6-3 1-6 6-3 6-4 |
| Cary | J. Kennedy def. L. Broady | 6-2 5-7 6-7 |