The dream team of Andy Murray and Serena Williams made a winning start to their mixed doubles campaign at Wimbledon on Saturday evening.
Murray, who is limited to playing doubles as he returns from surgery, lost in the men’s doubles alongside Pierre-Hugues Herbert earlier on Saturday, while seven-time singles champion Williams warmed up for the match by reaching the fourth round in singles after beating Julia Goerges for the second year in a row.
Murray and Williams, who enjoy a combined nine Wimbledon singles titles between them, linked up well as they cruised past sixth-seeded Andreas Mies of Germany and Alexa Guarachi of Chile 6-4 6-1 on Centre Court.
“It worked out well. We’ve never played together so it’s always a learning curve,” Williams said. “We take it very serious, so that’s why we’re in it.”
