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SA's Harris bows out of Wimbledon doubles

Cape Town - After losing to Roger Federer in the first round of the singles tournament at Wimbledon, South Africa's Lloyd Harris is now out of the doubles tournament as well.

Harris and his partner, Casper Ruud of Norway, lost to Miguel-Angel Reyes-Varela (Mexico) and Marcelo Arevalo (El Salvador) on Thursday. 

The pair went down in four sets despite winning the opening set.

The final scoreline read 6-7 (7/3), 6-1, 6-3, 6-4. 

That leaves singles star Kevin Anderson and doubles specialist Raven Klaasen as the only remaining South African representatives a this year's tournament.

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