Wimbledon: Paes-Damn ousted in men’s doubles quarters

By IANS

London : India's Leander Paes and Martin Damm of the Czech Republic Friday crashed out of the men's doubles in Wimbledon Tennis Championships losing in the quarter-finals.


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Fourth seeded Fabrice Santoro of France and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia defeated the fifth seeded pair 7-6 (6), 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-3 to enter the semi-finals.

In the boys' doubles too, India suffered reversal when Rupesh Roy and his partner Damian Hume of South Africa crashed out in the first round.

In a battle between unseeded pairs, Devin Britton and Austin Krajick of the US won 6-3, 3-6 (10-5).

In the invitation men's doubles, however, top seeded veteran Indian brothers Anand and Vijay Amritraj registered win in the first round.

They defeated Ilie Nastase of Romania and Stan Smith of the US 7-6 (4), 6-1.

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