Defending champions Henry Patten and Harri Heliovaara continued their pursuit of back-to-back Wimbledon men’s doubles titles with victory over British pair Billy Harris and Marcus Willis.
Briton Patten and his Finnish partner Heliovaara came out on top 7-6 (8-6) 6-3 on another hot day at SW19 to progress to the third round.
They have now knocked out two British pairings in as many matches with victory over Dan Evans and Henry Searle in round one.
Hunting a third Grand Slam title at their fifth major, the partnership is already proving to be effective having only joined up in April last year.
They took one hour and 20 minutes to move past Willis and Harris, whose best run in the singles draw ended in the second round on Thursday, with Patten’s accurate overhead smashes and strong serving proving useful.
Patten and Heliovaara took the first set after a tightly contested tie-break before a break to love on the Harris serve was enough for the second seeds to see out victory.
Meanwhile, Briton Lloyd Glasspool and Mexican partner Giuliana Olmos lost their first-round match in the mixed doubles 6-3 6-3 to American Jackson Withrow and Russia’s Irina Khromacheva.