The 2024 Wimbledon Championships are in their latter stages. Day 11 of the championships will feature semifinal matches for the men’s doubles events and quarterfinals for the mixed doubles event.
In the men’s doubles, the top seeds Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos will be taking on the 15th-seeded Australian pair of Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson. In the other semifinal, last year’s champion Neal Skuspky will partner up with Michael Venus to take on the pair of Harri Heliovaara and Henry Patten. Skupski also features in the mixed doubles event with Desirae Krawczyk.
There are three other British players in the mixed doubles quarterfinals. Jamie Murray will be paired with Taylor Townsend of the USA, while the British pair of Alicia Barnett and Marcus Willis are also in action.
#1 Marcel Granollers/ Horacio Zeballos vs Max Purcell/ Jordan Thompson
The top seeds in the men’s doubles event Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos will take on the 15th-seeded pair of Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson. Granollers and Zeballos have been in pristine form at this year’s Wimbledon as they are yet to drop a set in the event. They defeated the eighth-seeded German pair of Kevin Krawietz and Tim Putz in straight sets in the quarter-final.
The Australian pair of Thompson and Purcell have already caused one upset on their way to the semifinals, defeating the 11th-seeded pair of Maximo Gonzalez and Andres Molteni in a tough three-set battle in the quarterfinals.
Both teams have players who have experience playing the final at Wimbledon. However, given the seeding, the top seeds should be able to reach the final.
Pick – Marcel Granollers/ Horacio Zeballos.
#2 Harri Heliovarra/ Henry Patten vs Neal Skupsky/ Michael Venus
Home favorite Neal Skupsky along with Michael Venus will take on another local favorite Henry Patten who will team up with Harri Heliovaara. The ninth seed of Skupski and Venus have already played two three-setters in the event so far. In the quarterfinals, they won in two tough tiebreak sets against the German pair of Constantin Frantzen and Hendrik Jebens.
Harri Heliovaar and Henry Patten have already taken out two seeded pairs in this year’s Wimbledon. The pair defeated the fifth-seeded Italian pair of Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori. The Anglo-Finnish pair then caused another upset in the quarterfinals, winning against the fourth-seeded pair of Marcelo Arevalo and Mate Pavic.
Skupski being the defending champion here, gives him and Venus the experience needed to win the match and progress to the finals.
Pick – Neal Skupski and Michael Venus
Mixed doubles prediction
#1 Jamie Murray/ Taylor Townsend vs Jan Zielinski/ Su-Wei Hsieh
British veteran Jamie Murray will team up with Taylor Townsend to take on the seventh-seeded pair of Jan Zielinski and Su-Wei Hsieh in the mixed doubles quarterfinals at Wimbledon 2024. Zielinski and Hsieh are having a good year in 2024 as a mixed doubles pair. They won the Australian Open, winning against Neal Skuspsky and Desirae Krawczyk. They also reached the semi-final of the French Open, losing to the same pair.
At Wimbledon, the pair beat Hugo Nys and Demi Schuurs in the opening round, and then won against the all-British pair of Joe Salisbury and Heather Watson.
The pair of Murray and Townsend are only playing at Wimbledon as a mixed doubles pair. They won against Nicolas Barrientos and Miyu Kato in the first round. The Anglo-American pair needed a third-set match tiebreaker to win against Kevin Krawietz and Alexandra Panova in the second round.
As an experienced team, Zielinski and Hsieh will have the advantage in this match.
Pick – Jan Zielinski and Su-Wei Hsieh
# 2 Neal Skupski/ Desirae Krawczyk vs Michael Venus/ Erin Routliffe
The sixth-seeded pair of Neal Skupski and Desirae Krawczyk will take on the second-seeded Kiwi pair of Michael Venus and Erin Routliffe in the quarterfinals. The pair of Skupsky and Krawczyk have reached the finals of both Majors this year, losing both of them. They lost the French Open final to the pair of Laura Siegemund and Edouard Roger-Vasselin.
At Wimbledon, the sixth seeds won against the Brazilian pair of Rafael Matos and Luisa Stefani in a ten-point tiebreaker in the deciding set. The pair then won against Fabrice Martin and Cristina Bucsa.
The second seeds Michael Venus and Erin Routliffe reached the quarterfinals of the French Open, losing to Roger-Vasselin and Seigemund. In Wimbledon, they defeated the pair of Harri Heliovaar and Gabriela Dabrowski. The Kiwi pair defeated the British pair of Henry Patten and Olivia Nicholls in the second round.
Being the second seeds, Venus and Routliffe are the favorites, but Skupsky and Krawczyk are the more in-form pair of the season. As a result, they should be the favorites.
Pick – Neal Skuspky and Desirae Krawczyk
# 3 Santiago Gonzalez/ Giuliana Olmos vs Marcus Willis/ Alicia Barnett
The quarterfinal of the Wimbledon 2024 mixed doubles will also see the Mexican pair of Santiago Gonzalez taking on the British pair of Marcus Willis and Alicia Barnett. Both pairs consist of players who are playing mixed doubles with each other for the first time this season.
The Mexican pair defeated another British pair of Luke Johnson and Freya Christie in the first round. They defeated Andres Molteni and Asia Muhammed in the second round.
The British pair received wild cards to play at Wimbledon. They caused an upset, beating the eighth-seeded pair of Ivan Dodig and Chan Hao-ching. They then went past the American pair of Rajeev Ram and Katie Volynets in the second round.
With the crowd support behind them, the British pair of Willis and Barnett will be the favorites in the match.
Pick- Marcus Willis and Alicia Barnett
# 4 Maximo Gonzalez/ Ulrikke Eikeri vs Nathaniel Lammons/ Ena Shibahara
The pair of Maximo Gonzalez and Urikke Eikeri reached the semifinals of the 2024 French Open, losing to the pair of Siegemund and Roger Vasselin. They defeated the pair of Jean-Julien Rojer and Bethanie Mattek-Sands in the first round at Wimbledon. In the second round, they got a bye from third seeds and defending champions Mate Pavic and Lyudmyla Kichenok.
The pair of Shibahara and Lammons defeated Max Purcell and Dayana Yastremska in the first round. They then defeated Jackson Withrow and Aldila Sutjiadi in the second round.
Given the current form, the team of Gonzalez and Eikeri are the favorites to win this match.
Pick- Maximo Gonzalez and Ulrikke Eikeri
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