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Paes-Damm go down tamely

July 07, 2006 22:30 IST
Last Updated: July 08, 2006 20:58 IST


India ace Leander Paes and Martin Damm of the Czech Republic bowed out of the men's doubles at Wimbledon, losing to sixth seeds Fabrice Santoro of France and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia and Montenegro in the semi-finals on Friday.

The seventh seeded Indo-Czech pair lost 2-6, 1-6, 5-7.

Santoro and Zimonjic will meet the Bryan Brothers, Bob and Mike.

The top seeded United States pair beat third seeds Mark Knowles of the Bahamas and Canada's Daniel Nestor 6-4, 6-7 (3-7), 7-6 (7-3), 6-1 in the other semi-final.

Later in the day, Paes, partnering Samantha Stosur, also lost in the quarter-finals of the mixed doubles. The Indo-Australian pair lost 6-7, 3-6 to the American pair of Bob Bryan and Venus Williams.



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I dont think this needs to be made explicit. The encouragement given to players and budding players is very less - courtesy dirty politics. How ...


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