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London, Jun 30 (PTI) India''s Rohan Bopanna and his Pakistani partner Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi crashed out in straight sets from the doubles quarter-final of the Wimbledon here today. Bopanna and Qureshi lost 4-6 6-7(3) 2-6 to Juergen Melzer of Austria and Germany''s Philipp Petzschner.
Qureshi had become the first Pakistani player to reach the last eight of any Grand Slam event and the quarter-final appearance is also the best-ever Grand Slam performance for his partner Bopanna. The first two sets witnessed close-fought battle with both the pairs holding their serve, apart from the break in the very first game by the European pair, while the second set went into a tie-break.
However, the Indo-Pak duo were nowhere in the competition in the third set as Bopanna dropped his serve twice -- in the third and seventh games -- to hand over the match to their rivals in an hour and 37 minutes. Melzer and Petzschner will now be up against seventh seeds Wesley Moodie of South Africa and Belgian **** Norman, who beat second seeded American brothers pair of Bob and Mike Bryan 7-6(4) 7-6(5) 6-7(3) 7-5 in another quarterfinal match.
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