GB's Cash & Glasspool on track for doubles title defence

British duo Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool remain on course to defend their men's doubles title after reaching round three at Wimbledon.

Cash and Glasspool came from behind to beat French pair Corentin Moutet and Arthur Reymond 4-6 6-4 6-4.

Czech-Austrian duo Petr Nouza and Neil Oberleitner are next up for the third seeds.

Briton Henry Patten and Finnish partner Harri Heliovaara, the number one seeds, beat Americans Mac Kiger and Patrik Trhac to set up a third-round tie with Czechs Adam Pavlasek and Patrik Rikl.

Fellow Briton Neal Skupski and American partner Christian Harrison are also through to the third round after a straight-set win over Swiss-American opponents Jakub Paul and Ryan Seggerman.

Meanwhile, British wildcards Freya Christie and Eden Silva fell to a straight-set loss against Australian duo Kimberly Birrell and Talia Gibson in the first round of the women's doubles.

In the mixed doubles, Glasspool and Czech Tereza Mihalikova defeated American-German wildcards Venus Williams and Kevin Krawietz 6-4 6-4 to reach the second round.

British pair Marcus Willis and Heather Watson are also into the second round after coming from a set down to beat Poland's Jan Zielinski and Taiwan's Hsieh Su-wei.

But fourth seeds Patten and fellow Briton Olivia Nicholls fell to a straight-set defeat by American Evan King and Canadian Gabriela Dabrowski.

Britons Luke Johnson and Emily Appleton also fell at the final hurdle against American-Kazakh pair James Tracy and Anna Danilina.