At the Wimbledon Tennis championships today, Leander Paes and his Canadian partner Dainel Nestor overcame spirited opposition to advance to the men's doubles second round. 11th seeds Paes and Nestor quelled the challenge from the Serbian pair of Victor Troicki and Dusan Lajovic 6-3, 6-4, 7-5.However, it was all over for Purav Raja and his French teammate Fabrice Martin. Purav Raja, who had qualified with Martin, fought their hearts out before losing in four sets 1-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-7 against the 2012 Wimbledon champions Jonathan Marray of Britain and Denmark's Frederik Nielson. Raja and Martin saved a match point in the fourth-set tie break and had a set point but could not convert that and lost the contest on the second match point while serving. The duo of Rohan Bopanna and Romania's Florin Mergea have already advanced to the second round of Men's Doubles.
News On AIR | July 1, 2015 7:46 PM
Wimbledon: Paes-Nestor team advances; Raja-Martin pair bow out