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Pospisil and Sock move on in doubles, All-Canadian mixed pair eliminated at Wimbledon

Pospisil and Sock move on in doubles, All-Canadian mixed pair eliminated at Wimbledon

WIMBLEDON – The title defence of the team they call Pospisock was certainly in peril after Jack Sock fractured his finger during a first-round singles loss to Aussie Sam Groth.

But Vasek Pospisil and Sock have carried on, moving into the third round of the men's doubles after a surprisingly routine 6-3, 6-3, 7-6 (4) victory over Colin Fleming and Eric Butorac.

Sock didn't grimace a whole lot, nor did his opponents seem to target his backhand at an excessive rate. So that was the good news.

They will find out the identity of their next opponents Saturday, but obviously won't play until at least Monday because of the quiet middle Sunday.

Meanwhile, doubles specialists Adil Shamasdin and Gabriela Dabrowski teamed up for the first time in mixed doubles Friday, losing 6-4, 6-3 to the all-French team of Alizé Cornet and Edouard Roger-Vasselin.

It was the first time since 2009 that two Canadians teamed up at a Grand Slam, since Daniel Nestor and Aleksandra Wozniak played the Australian Open together.

Nestor and partner Leander Paes, the No. 11 seeds, never got on court Friday and instead will lead off the action on Court 5 Saturday against Teymuraz Gabashvili and Yen-Hsun Lu.

Nestor and Kristina Mladenovic are the No 8 seeds in the mixed doubles, but won't play until Monday.

The juniors invade Wimbledon Saturday. First up for the Canadian side will be No. 7 seed Charlotte Robillard-Millette against Australia's Nakitha Bains, and Katherine Sebov against American wild card Alicia (Tornado) Black.