June 30, 2013 9:45 AM

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Leander, Bhupathi, Bopanna & Sania in Wimbledon third round

Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna have entered the third round of the Men's Doubles at Wimbledon Tennis championships. Sania Mirza also advanced to the third round in Ladies' Doubles event in London yesterday.Fourth seeds Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek defeated Britain's Jamie Delgado and Australia's Matthew Ebden in straight sets 6-4, 6-4, 6-3.Eight seeded Indo-Austrian pair of Bhupathi and Julian Knowle came from a set down to get the better of Nicholas Monroe of the US and German Simon Stadler 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2. Bopanna and his French-partner Edouard Roger-Vasselin beat the German-Czech combination of Daniel Brands and Lukas Rosol by 6-3, 5-7, 7-6, 6-7, 6-4 in a second round encounter.Sania Mirza and her partner Liezel Huber of US defeated Flavia Pennetta of Italy and Andrea Petkovic of Germany 7-6, 6-3 and 6-2.

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