Wimbledon 2026: Defending champions Julian Cash & Lloyd Glasspool knocked out in quarter-finals

The recent HSBC Championships winners knocked out the British pair 6-2, 7-6(2) in an hour and 14 minutes on No.2 Court.

Arevalo and Pavic will play Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz in the next round as they continue their pursuit of the Queen’s Club, Wimbledon double – just as Cash and Glasspool achieved last year.

British hopes in the men’s doubles now lie with Henry Patten and Finnish partner Harri Heliovaara, who play Thanasi Kokkinakis and Aleksandar Kovacevic in the semi-finals tomorrow.

Patten and Heliovaara are aiming to win the Wimbledon title for a second time (2024) and secure their third Grand Slam together. Patten will also be hoping to continue the run of British champions in the Wimbledon men’s doubles, making it four years in a row.

They recently lost out in the Roland Garros and HSBC Championships finals in June – including a defeat to Arevalo and Pavic in West London.

For Cash and Glasspool this has been their best Grand Slam result of the season so far, having reached the second round at both the Australian Open and Roland Garros.

The Brits were made to work from the word go – coming back from 0-40 down in the opening game to hold on Cash’s serve.

However, four games later, the Queen’s Club champions got their breakthrough – Pavic punishing Cash’s serve with a forehand return winner on a fourth break point of the set.

Cash and Glasspool quickly found themselves a double break down before Pavic sealed a comfortable hold to clinch the first set.

The second set followed a very different flow, with both teams racing through service games. Cash produced a magic lob on serve at 3-3, 40-40 to keep asking the question of their opponents.

Pavic and Arevalo won 91% (32/35) of points on their first serve throughout the match and didn’t give up a single break point in the second set, forcing the Brits to a tie-break.

There, Cash hit a double fault at 2-1 down, which opened the window of opportunity for the sixth seeds. Pavic connected on a couple of excellent returns, while Arevalo played a brilliant dipping forehand out of reach for the reigning champions as they went on to win seven of the last eight points in the match.