In Wimbledon Tennis Championships, Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna, with their team-mates, will begin their Men's Doubles campaigns today. Unseeded Paes and his Canadian team-mate Adil Shamasdin will take on the Austrian team of Julian Knowle and Philipp Oswald, while the eighth placed Indo-French duo of Bopanna and Edouard Roger-Vasselin will face German pair of Dustin Brown and Mischa Zverev.Yesterday, the Indian team of Purav Raja and Divij Sharan made it to the second round, while the Indo-American duo of Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Jared Donaldson bowed out. In Women's Doubles, Sania Mirza and her Belgian team-mate Kirsten Flipkens progressed to the second round.In the Singles, world number one and local favorite Andy Murray, Rafael Nadal, Simona Halep, Venus Williams and Johanna Konta advanced to the third round, while two-time winner Petra Kvitova made an exit. Third seed Roger Federer, world number two Novak Djokovic, top seed Angelique Kerber and Milos Raonic are among those who will play their second round matches today.
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Wimbledon: Paes & Bopanna to begin their Men's Doubles campaigns today