[9] Michael Venus (NZL) and Neal Skupski (GBR) v Rinky Hijikata (AUS) and John Peers (AUS)

It was extremely unfortunate that New Zealand’s best male and female doubles players should be on different courts at the same time, and it was quite remarkable that, after six and a half hours and three rain breaks, they would finish just a minute apart.  As I had already started scoring the women’s match when…