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Paes-Dlouhy advance in Wimbledon

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Jun 25, 2008 12:47 PM IST

Leander Paes and his Czech partner Lukas Dlouhy advance to the men's doubles second round in the Wimbledon after countervailing a spirited challenge from favourites James Auckland and Jamie Delgado.

Leander Paes and his Czech partner Lukas Dlouhy had to dig deep into their reserves to countervail a spirited challenge from local favourites James Auckland and Jamie Delgado and advance to the men's doubles second round in the Wimbledon championships in London.

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The ninth seeded Indo-Czech pair rallied to clinch a hard fought 4-6 6-0 6-3 4-6 6-3 win in a gruelling first-round contest, which lasted almost three hours, Tuesday.

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Paes and Dlouhy will take on another unseeded pair of American Eric Butorac and Australian Ashley Fisher in the second round.

Meanwhile, Rohan Bopanna and his Pakistani partner Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi stunned the 10th seeded Polish pair of Mariusz Fyrstenbeg and Marcin Matkowski in straight sets to book a second round berth.

The Indo-Pak express beat their opponents 6-3 7-5 6-4 in their opening match in one hour and 58 minutes.

Bopanna and Qureshi have a relatively easier battle at hand next as they take on the winners of the contest between unseeded pairings of Thais Sonchai Ratiwatana and Sonchat Ratiwatana and Spaniards Marcell Granollers-Pujol and Santiago Ventura.

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