July 6, 2017 9:28 PM

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Wimbledon : Paes-Shamasdin bow out of men's doubles event

Leander Paes and his Canadian partner Adil Shamasdin bowed out of Men's Doubles event in the first round of the Wimbledon Tennis championships in London today. The unseeded Indo-Canadian combo lost to Austrian team of Julian Knowle and Philipp Oswald in five-sets 6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 6-7, 8-10 in a match that was just one minute short of four hours.In another men's doubles match later today, the Indo-French duo of Rohan Bopanna and Edouard Roger-Vasselin will face German pair of Dustin Brown and Mischa Zverev in the first round. In Women's Doubles, Sania Mirza and her Belgian team-mate Kirsten Flipkens progressed to the second round yesterday. Indian team of Purav Raja and Divij Sharan also made it to the second round.

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