The hopes of an Australian doubles' double at Wimbledon have been dashed on another baking day on No.1 Court as Olivia Gadecki was beaten in her women's semi-final alongside American Desirae Krawczyk.
Twenty-four hours after Rinky Hijikata, partnering Dutchman David Pel, had reached the men's doubles final amid high excitement, Gadecki and Krawczyk went down a bit more tamely 3-6 6-0 6-3 to eighth seeds, Russian Veronika Kudermetova and Belgian Elise Mertens, in their last-four contest on the same arena on Friday.
