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Britain’s Neal Skupski says his brother Ken’s holiday is in doubt after he and Dutch partner Wesley Koolhof reached the Wimbledon men’s doubles semi-finals.
Ken retired last year having played alongside Neal, but is now coaching his younger brother.
Top seeds Skupski and Koolhof won 4-6 6-2 6-3 against Ariel Behar and Adam Pavlasek.
But Thursday’s semi-final clashes with Ken’s pre-planned holiday to Ibiza.
“Ken is in a bit of a conundrum because he is going on holiday tomorrow,” said Skupski.
“Wimbledon went back a week and he didn’t check the dates before he booked it. He said he might have to stay, so we’ll see what he does.
“It is up to him, he will be there no matter what on the end of the phone – it seems like he is wanting to stay and maybe fly out whenever this finishes.
“We haven’t spoken in depth about it. We have got a good team around us so if Ken does leave it won’t affect us too much. We’ll have a discussion about it and then he’ll have a discussion with his wife!”
The Skupski brothers never won a Grand Slam together but Neal is looking for a third triumph at Wimbledon, having won the mixed doubles events in 2021 and 2022 with American partner Desirae Krawczyk.
“It is still a long way away, it would be an amazing achievement if I do go and do that, winning three in a row, but there is still a long, long way to go,” said Skupski.
The favourites had fallen a set behind to Uruguay’s Behar and Czech player Pavlasek but secured an early break in the second set to launch their comeback.
After levelling the score at one-set each, Skupski and Koolhof again secured an early break and crucially kept hold of their serve in a tight deciding set before sealing victory at the first time of asking.
“I play men’s doubles week in, week out,” added Skupski. “That is the pinnacle of what I can achieve, to win Wimbledon.
“To win any event at Wimbledon is special but to win the men’s would be extra special. It is a long way away.”
British hopes of success shrink
Meanwhile, there was disappointment for fellow Briton Jamie Murray and New Zealander Michael Venus after they went out with a 6-4 6-3 loss to 10th seeds Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz.
Murray and Venus missed three break points in the third game of the opening set and never looked like threatening after that.
They gave up an early break in the second set and although they saved match points to make the German duo serve it out, Krawietz and Puetz duly secured victory.
Murray, 37, had said after their fourth-round win that the Wimbledon men’s doubles title was his “biggest goal” and the disappointment was clear as the two left the court with their heads down.
Maia Lumsden and Naiktha Bains’ historic run to the women’s last eight also ended in defeat by Elise Mertens and Storm Hunter.
The wildcards fell to a 6-2 6-1 defeat against the more experienced third seeds Hunter and Mertens after becoming the first British women’s doubles pair to reach the last eight since 1983.
Bains and Lumsden, both 25, caused an upset in the first round, defeating 11th seeds Anna Danilina and Xu Yifan, before downing Magda Linette and Bernarda Pera. But Hunter and Mertens, who was seeded 28th in the singles, proved to be a step too far for the pair.
Later, British mixed doubles duo Jonny O’Mara and Olivia Nicholls also went out at the quarter-final stage after defeat by Croat Mate Pavic and Ukrainian Lyudmyla Kichenok.
The duo lost 7-6 (8-6) 4-6 6-3 to the seventh seeds after a close contest, leaving Skupski as Britain’s last hope of claiming a doubles title.