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Paes-Damm go down tamely

Last updated on: July 08, 2006 20:58 IST

India [ Images ] ace Leander Paes [ Images ] and Martin Damm [ Images ] of the Czech Republic bowed out of the men's doubles at Wimbledon [ Images ], losing to sixth seeds Fabrice Santoro [ Images ] 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 [ Images ] of the Bahamas and Canada's [ Images ] Daniel Nestor [ Images ] 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 [ Images ], 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 ].