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Paes-Zimonjic advance to second round
Leander Paes and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia Montinegro defeated Lucas Arnold of Argentina and Daniele Bracciali of Italy to move into the second round of the men's doubles.
Leander Paes and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia Montinegro defeated Lucas Arnold of Argentina and Daniele Bracciali of Italy to move into the second round of the men's doubles at the Wimbledon Grand Slam Tennis championship in London on Saturday.
The fifth seed pair proved too strong for their unseeded opponents as they pocketed the match 7-6 (7/3) 6-7 (5/7) 6-3 6-3 which took over two days to finish.
The match was evenly poised after play was stopped on Wednesday as the teams shared the spoils in the opening two sets.
The players could not take to the court yesterday since the earlier matches could not be completed due to rain.
Paes and Zimonjic would now take on USA pair of Rick Leach and Travis Parrott in the second round.
Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza would also kick start their mixed doubles campaign alongside Mary Pierce of France and Simon Aspelin of Sweden respectively, later in the day.
