The Australian mixed doubles pairing of Marc Polmans and Storm Hunter have watched a handsome lead agonisingly slip away and the rare chance of winning a Wimbledon final disappear with it on Centre Court.
On a sun-baked Thursday (Friday AEST) as Lleyton Hewitt's son Cruz kept the Aussie flag flying by making the semi-finals of the boys' event, Victorian Polman and Rockhampton-born former world doubles No.1 Hunter succumbed 4-6 7-5 6-2 to Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko and El Salvador partner Marcelo Arevalo.
The experienced duo, who'd got to the Australian Open semi-final together five years ago, had looked on their way to becoming the first all-Aussie duo to win the mixed crown at Wimbledon for 35 years since 1991 when John Fitzgerald and Liz Smylie took the title.
