Michael Venus and Erin Routliffe won their quarter-final in straight sets 7-5, 6-4 (Source: TVNZ)
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Erin Routliffe and Michael Venus are through to the Wimbledon mixed doubles semifinals after beating Neal Skupski and Desirae Krawczyk in straight sets 7-5 6-4.
Skupski is Venus' doubles partner and earlier the pair were knocked out in their men's doubles semifinal 6-4 7-6.
"It was a bit awkward for me since I was playing against my doubles partner," Venus told 1News.
"It's an interesting situation where he knows what you're doing, but you also know what he's doing."
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Michael Venus at Wimbledon. (Source: Getty)
It wasn't easy for the Kiwis as they had to fight their way back in the first set after trailing 3-1 against their sixth-seeded opposition.
They were 5-4 down in the first but managed to win three consecutive games thanks to a break of serve to take the first set 7-5.
"I had a lot of fun, we're enjoying every moment out there and backing each other in the big moments," said Routliffe.
The Kiwi pair will face seventh-seeds Hsieh Su-Wei and Jan Zielinski in their semifinal to be played early Saturday morning NZT.
Routliffe has two doubles semifinals at Wimbledon to look forward to after winning her women's doubles quarterfinal with Canadian partner Gabi Dabrowski 6-4 6-7 6-4.
Routliffe is set to take the court at the Olympics, playing doubles with Lulu Sun, who reached the quarterfinals of the women's singles at Wimbledon.
Venus said he would've liked to have played mixed doubles with Routliffe at the Olympics, but wasn't selected, despite winning bronze at the Tokyo Olympics with Marcus Daniell.
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