French Open 2021: Jamie Murray loses with Bruno Soares in doubles before mixed exit
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Jamie Murray (right) and Bruno Soares have won two Grand Slam titles together
Britain's Jamie Murray lost twice in one day as his doubles campaigns at the French Open came to an end.
The Scot and Brazilian Bruno Soares were beaten 6-3 3-6 6-3 by Romanian Horia Tecau and German Kevin Krawietz in the men's doubles third round.
A couple of hours later, he was back on court with American Bethanie Mattek-Sands but lost in the mixed doubles.
However, fellow Briton Neal Skupski advanced alongside Chilean Alexa Guarachi in the mixed doubles.
Skupski and Guarachi were 6-4 1-6 10-5 winners against Taiwanese Chan Hao-ching and Australian John Peers to reach the quarter-finals.
Murray and Mattek Sands fell to a narrow 7-6 (7-4) 6-7 (3-7) 10-6 loss to Mexico's Giuliana Olmos and Colombia's Juan Sebastian Cabal.
Murray and Soares, the seventh seeds, were bidding for a third Grand Slam title together, while the 35-year-old Briton has also won two Grand Slam titles alongside Mattek-Sands.
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