July 3, 2010 8:49 AM

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Paes-Black in Wimbledon mixed doubles finals

India's Leander Paes and his partner Zimbabwean Cara Black have advanced to the Mixed Doubles final of the Wimbledon Tennis championships. In the semi-final in London on Friday, they defeated the Czech combination of Lukas Dlouhy and Iveta Benesova in straight sets 6-3, 6-3. Second seed Paes and Black will meet the winner of the other semifinal in which South African-American duo of Wesley Moodie and Lisa Raymond are taking on Brazilian-Australian pair of Marcelo Melo and Rennae Stubbs.Paes and Black had beaten Australian-Taiwanese pair of Paul Hanley and Chan Yung-Jan in the quarterfinals.Spain's Rafael Nadal will meet Czech Tomas Berdych in the Men's Singles final of the Championship. The final is slated for tomorrow. In the second semi-finals, Nadal beat Britain's Andy Murray in straight 6-4, 7-6, 6-4. This is Nadal's fourth Wimbledon final. The second seed who won the title in 2008, missed the tournament last year through injury. In Friday's first semi-final, 12th seeded Czech Tomas Berdych defeated Serbia's Novak Djokovic 6-3, 7-6, 6-3.

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