Agony for Paes; ecstasy for Bhupathi

Paes-Zemonjic lost in men's doubles quarterfinals while Bhupathi-Pierce entered mixed doubles quarterfinals.

Leander Paes suffered a heartbreaking loss in the men's doubles while Mahesh Bhupathi progressed in the mixed doubles at the Wimbledon tennis Grand Slam on Wednesday.

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Paes and Nenad Zemonjic of Serbia-Montenegro ended up on the wrong side of two tiebreak sets to go down 5-7 6-7 (8/10) 6-7 (8/10) against fourth seeded Zimbabwean pair Kevin Ullyett and Wayne Black in the quarterfinals of the grass courts championships.

Bhupathi and French partner Mary Pierce defeated Martin Garcia of Argentina and Italian Mara Santangelo 7-3 7-6 (7/5) to reach the quarterfinals.