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British pair Olivia Nicholls and Henry Patten are through to the quarter-finals of the mixed doubles at the French Open.<\/b><\/p>\n
The Australian Open semi-finalists beat sixth seeds Anna Danilina of Kazakhstan and Finland’s Harri Heliovaara – Patten’s men’s doubles partner – 6-4 7-6 (7-0).<\/p>\n
Three-time Grand Slam champion Neal Skupski is also through to the quarters after he and his American partner Desirae Krawczyk ousted fifth seeds Erin Routliffe and Michael Venus.<\/p>\n
Skupski and Krawczyk took the first set before being pegged back by their New Zealand opponents, but came through in the final-set tie-break to win 6-3 2-6 11-9.<\/p>\n
They will face top seeds Lyudmyla Kichenok of Ukraine and Croatian Mate Pavic in the next round.<\/p>\n
Lloyd Glasspool also reached the mixed doubles quarter-finals after he and Mexican partner Giuliana Olmos also came out on top in a championship tie-break.<\/p>\n
Glasspool and Olmos beat Cristina Bucsa of Spain and Brazil’s Rafael Matos 6-4 6-7 (7-9) 11-9.<\/p>\n
That win sets up a quarter-final tie against second seeds Zhang Shuai of China and El Salvador’s Marcelo Arevalo.<\/p>\n
In the men’s doubles, Luke Johnson will face fellow Britons Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool in round three.<\/p>\n
The 31-year-old and his Dutch partner Sander Arends advanced with a 6-4 6-1 win over Arends’ compatriot David Pel and Jakub Paul of Switzerland.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n