mixed doubles

American

noun

(in tennis) a doubles match with a man and a woman on each side.

mixed doubles British

plural noun

tennis a doubles game with a man and a woman as partners on each side

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A new mixed doubles discipline has been added at these Games, which has increased the participation of women in the sport to 38% from 33% in Beijing.

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Great Britain's joyless start to the Winter Paralympics continued as wheelchair curlers Jo Butterfield and Jason Kean let slip their grasp on the mixed doubles semi-finals and missed out on qualifying.

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Meanwhile, in the mixed doubles event, British pair Jo Butterfield and Jason Kean take on world champions Japan at 13:35.

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Great Britain will hope to be challenging for the first medal in the wheelchair curling event, which will be decided in the inaugural mixed doubles final from 13:35.

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Wheelchair curling mixed doubles is the only new medal event in this year's programme.

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