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Wimbledon 2013: Leander Paes, Rohan Bopanna enter men's doubles semi-finals
Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna entered the semi-finals of the men's doubles event at Wimbledon after tough victories with their respective partners.
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- Updated: July 02, 2013 11:55 PM IST
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Fourth seeds Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek entered the men's doubles semi-finals at Wimbledon with a 4-6 6-4 6-3 6-4 victory over Julian Benneteau and Nenad Zimonjic.
They are joined in the semis by Rohan Bopanna and E. Roger-Vasselin who beat Robert Lindstedt and Daniel Nestor 7-5, 7-6, 6-7, 6-7, 6-2. This is Bopanna's first ever entry into the semis at the All England Club.
The Indo-French pair won the rain-affected five setter against the Swedish-Canadian combination to book a place in the last four.
They has earlier upset third seeded Austrian-Brazil pair Alexander Peya and Bruno Soares 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-2 in the fourth round.
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Tennis Wimbledon 2013 Leander Paes Andy Roddick Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi Lukas Dlouhy Rohan Bopanna Rajeev Ram Maria Sharapova Su-Wei Hsieh
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