Britain's Joe Salisbury and American Rajeev Ram remain on course to retain their Australian Open title after beating John Peers and Michael Venus to reach the men's doubles quarter-finals.

The fifth seeds saw off the 10th seeded Australian pairing 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (7-4).

Britain's Jamie Murray and Brazil's Bruno Soares beat Argentina's Maximo Gonzalez and Italy's Simone Bolelli 6-7 (5-7) 6-2 6-4 to reach the last eight.

Heather Watson and Canada's Leylah Fernandez lost in the women's doubles.

They were beaten in the third round, losing 6-3 6-2 to the pairing of Canada's Sharon Fichman and Mexico's Giuliana Olmos.

Murray plays again on Monday as he and Bethanie Mattek-Sands face the third-seeded duo of Canada's Gabriela Dabrowski and Croatia's Mate Pavic in the second round of the mixed doubles.