Marcelo Arévalo and Mate Pavic have kept their Wimbledon charge rolling, reaching the doubles semifinals with a 6-2, 7-6 win over Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool on 8 July. The result extends their grass-court run to eight wins and no losses, and keeps them on course after winning the ATP 500 de Queen’s title two weeks earlier.
The pair will now face the winners of Kevin Krawietz and Tim Putz against Sadio Dumbia and Fabien Reboul in the last four. For Arévalo and Pavic, it is a repeat semifinal at the All England Club after they missed the title match last year, and it underlines how steady they have been through this part of the season.
A strong quarterfinal statement
Cash and Glasspool were always likely to be a difficult test, especially on grass, but Arévalo and Pavic handled the match with authority from the start. Taking the first set 6-2 gave them control, and even when the second became tighter, they stayed calm enough to close it out in the tiebreak.
That matters because Wimbledon doubles often turns on small margins. Arévalo and Pavic did not need a long, dramatic battle to prove their point; they simply remained more secure at the decisive moments.
Why the grass-court swing still favours them
This run is about more than one result. Two weeks earlier, they won the ATP 500 de Queen’s title, and that success has clearly carried into Wimbledon. Eight wins without a loss on the grass-court swing is exactly the kind of consistency that gives a doubles partnership momentum.
It also shows a pair that look settled in their roles. In a tournament where quick reactions and trust at the net matter so much, Arévalo and Pavic have so far looked like a partnership with very little wasted movement.
The next match will tell us even more, but for now the evidence is clear: Marcelo Arévalo and Mate Pavic are not just surviving at Wimbledon, they are making a serious case to go all the way.
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