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July 07, 2006 22:30 IST
Last Updated: July 08, 2006 20:58 IST

India ace Leander Paes [Images] and Martin Damm of the Czech Republic bowed out of the men's doubles at Wimbledon [Images], losing to sixth seeds Fabrice Santoro of France [Images] and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia and Montenegro in the semi-finals on Friday.

The seventh seeded Indo-Czech pair lost 2-6, 1-6, 5-7.

Santoro and Zimonjic will meet the Bryan Brothers, Bob and Mike.

The top seeded United States pair beat third seeds Mark Knowles of the Bahamas and Canada's [Images] Daniel Nestor 6-4, 6-7 (3-7), 7-6 (7-3), 6-1 in the other semi-final.

Later in the day, Paes, partnering Samantha Stosur, also lost in the quarter-finals of the mixed doubles. The Indo-Australian pair lost 6-7, 3-6 to the American pair of Bob Bryan and Venus Williams [Images].



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