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Indians bow out of mixed doubles

London: The mixed doubles duo of Mahesh Bhupathi-Sania Mirza and Leander Paes-Rennae Stubbs crashed out of Round II at Wimbledon on Saturday.

For Bhupathi, the defeat also rounded off a disappointing Wimbledon campaign. Seeded 11th Bhupathi, who has already crashed out of men’s doubles in the first round, and Sania were sent packing by the unseeded Russian team of Igor Andreev and Maria Kirilenko 6-7 (4), 6-3.

Sania, however, advanced in women’s doubles, and moved into Round III with Bethanie Mattek after a 6-3, 6-4 .

Meanwhile, 10th seeds Paes and Stubbs bowed out losing 3-6, 6-3, 3-6 to Swede Jonas Bjorkman Alicia Molik. In the juniors fifth seed Yuki Bhambri lost 6-7 (2), 4-6 to unseeded American D. Trombetta. (PTI)

DAY VI RESULTS

MEN’S SINGLES

Round III— Rainer Schuettler (Ger) bt Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Esp) 6-2, 6-3, 6-4; Arnaud Clement (Fra) bt Jurgen Melzer (Aut) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4; Janko Tipsarevic (Srb) bt Dmitry Tursunov (25, Rus) 7-6 (7-1), 7-6 (7-3), 6-3; Richard Gasquet (8, Fra) bt Gilles Simon (28, Fra) 6-3, 6-3, 6-7 (3-7), 6-3; Andy Murray (12, GBR) bt Tommy Haas (Ger) 6-4, 6-7(4-7), 6-2; Rafael Nadal (2, Esp) bt Nicolas Kiefer (27, Ger) 7-6 (7-3), 6-2, 6-3; Marin Cilic (Cro) bt Paul-Henri Mathieu (14, Fra) 6-7 (5-7), 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (8-6); Mikhail Youzhny (17, Rus) bt Radek Stepanek (16, Cze) 7-5, 6-7 (5-7), 6-4, 6-7 (4-7), 6-3.

WOMEN’S SINGLES

Round III—Alisa Kleybanova (Rus) bt Ai Sugiyama (Jpn) 6-4, 6-4; Elena Dementieva (5, Russia) bt Gisela Dulko (Arg) 7-6 (7-2), 7-5; Venus Williams (7, US) bt Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (Esp) 6-1, 7-5; Tamarine Tanasugarn (Tha) bt Marina Erakovic (NZ) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4; Jelena Jankovic (2, Srb) bt Caroline Wozniacki (31, Den) 2-6, 6-4, 6-2; Nadia Petrova (21, Rus) bt Victoria Azarenka (16, Blr) 7-6 (13-11), 7-6 (7-4); Alla Kudryavtseva (Rus) bt Peng Shuai (Chn) 6-3, 1-6, 6-4; Shahar Peer (24, Isr) bt Dinara Safina (9, Rus) 7-5, 6-7 (4-7), 8-6.

WOMEN’S DOUBLES

Round IIBethanie Mattek (US) & Sania Mirza (13, Ind) bt Maria Kirilenko (Rus) & Flavia Pennetta (Ita) 6-3, 6-4.

MIXED DOUBLES

Round I — Bob Bryan (US) & Samantha Stosur (Aus) bt Eric Butorac & Bethanie Mattek (US) 6-7 (5-7), 6-1, 6-3. Round II—Simon Aspelin (Swe) & Lisa Raymond (13, US) bt Rohan Bopanna (Ind) & Tatiana Poutchek (Blr) 6-3, 7-6 (7-1); Igor Andreev & Maria Kirilenko (Rus) bt Mahesh Bhupathi & Sania Mirza (11, Ind) 7-6 (7-4), 6-3; Jonas Bjorkman (Swe) & Alicia Molik (Aus) bt Leander Paes (Ind) & Rennae Stubbs (10, Aus) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.

JUNIOR SINGLES

BOYS

Round ITy Trombetta (US) bt Yuki Bhambri (5, Ind) 7-6 (7-2), 6-4.

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