US Open 2019: Jamie Murray & Neal Skupski through to last eight

Jamie Murray and Neal Skupski were knocked out in the first round of Wimbledon this year

Britain's Jamie Murray and Neal Skupski are through to the quarter-finals of the men's doubles at the US Open after a comfortable two-set victory.

The 15th seeds beat Canadian Denis Shapovalov and Indian Rohan Bopanna 6-3 6-4 after breaking once in each set.

The British pair, who were knocked out in the first round at Wimbledon, could face Bob and Mike Bryan next.

Murray and Bethanie Mattek-Sands later beat Bruno Soares and Nicole Melichar in the mixed doubles second round.

The defending champions saw off Brazilian Bruno Soares - a former doubles partner of Murray's - and American Nicole Melichar 6-3 6-3.

The Bryan brothers, seeded seventh, play compatriots Jack Sock and Jackson Withrow in the men's doubles on Monday to determine who meets Murray and Skupski in the last eight.

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In matches involving other British players, Luke Bambridge and Ben McLachlan, who represents Japan, beat French pair Jeremy Chardy and Fabrice Martin 6-3 7-6 (7-4) to reach the last eight of the men's doubles.

Jonny O'Mara and partner Marcelo Arevalo from El Salvador are out after losing 3-6 6-3 6-4 to German 12th seeds Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies.

Joe Salisbury and American Rajeev Ram lost 6-3 7-5 7-6 (7-2) to eighth seeds Marcel Granollers of Spain and Argentina's Horacio Zeballos.

In the women's doubles, American teenagers Coco Gauff, 15, and Catherine McNally, 17, are through to the third round following a hard-fought 6-3 7-6 (11-9) victory over ninth seeds Melichar and Czech Kveta Peschke.

Their next opponents are eighth seeds Victoria Azarenka of Belarus and Australian Ashleigh Barty - both Grand Slam champions and former world number ones in singles.