- Jamie Murray and Venus Williams lose 6-3, 4-6, 6-7(16)
- Match decided by dramatic 34-point tie-break
The bad news for British tennis fans is that Jamie Murray and Venus Williams’ campaign for the mixed doubles has ended in only the second round. The good news is that they lost against a British pair, Jonny O’Mara and Alicia Barnett, whose combination of chutzpah and stamina have instantly given them a pair of replacement heroes.
An epic 34-point tie-break in the third set packed in enough thrills to make up for the early exit of the glamour pair, and added plenty of memorable Williams moments to her already bulging file here at Wimbledon. After a classic Venus winner deep to the baseline took her and Murray to 13-12, she flung her head back and roared like a lion – only for her counterpart Barnett to pull off her own piece of brilliance at the net and save the following match point.