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Paes-Vesnina beat top seeds to enter
Wimbledon final
Sunday July 08, 2012 09:43:38 AM,
IANS
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London: Leander Paes
and Elena Vesnina upstaged top seeds Bob Bryan and Liezel Huber to
enter the mixed doubles final at the Wimbledon Tennis
Championships here Saturday.
The Indo-Russian pair beat the Americans 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 in a
hard-fought semi-final. The fourth seeds meet another American
combine of Mike Bryan and Lisa Raymond in the final Sunday.
Bryan-Raymond, seeded second, defeated Serbia Nenad Zimonjic and
Slovak Katarina Srebotnik 6-3, 6-4 in the other last fourclash.
Paes-Vesnina served better than their opponents and converted half
of their six break points, making the difference in a match
lasting close to two hours.
Paes will be aiming for his fourth mixed doubles title at the All
England Club Sunday after victories in 1999, 2003 and 2010.
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