Leander Paes [ Images ] and his Czech partner Lukas Dlouhy [ Images ] frittered away chances aplenty and lost to second seeds Daniel Nestor [ Images ] and Nenad Zimonjic in an epic men's doubles semi-final, spanning two days, at Wimbledon [ Images ] on Friday.

The ninth seeded Indo-Czech pair lost 6-7(4), 6-4, 1-6, 6-4, 6-8 to the second seeded Canadian-Serb duo, which will play Swedish veteran Jonas Bjorkman [ Images ] and Kevin Ullyett of Zimbabwe in Saturday's final.

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The eighth seeds upset top seeds Bob and Mike Bryan [ Images ] of the United States 7-6 (7-3), 5-7, 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (11-9) in the first semi-final, which was interrupted by rain, on Thursday.

In a battle that lasted more than three hours on court number one, but took two days to complete, Paes and Dlouhy were done in by unforced errors -- 26 in all against 18 of their opponents -- and their failure to convert 10 of the 12 break-points that came their way.

The teams were tied 3-3 in the fourth set when play was suspended on Thursday due to inclement weather and fading light. When battle resumed in the fourth set on Friday, a break in the tenth game suffice for the Indo-Czech duo to clinch the set.

Games went with serve in the decider till 6-all as Paes and Dlouhy failed to convert the only break-point that came their way. They then dropped serve in the crucial 13th game. Nestor and Zimonjic then served out the next game to take the set and match at 8-6.

Results:

Men's doubles: 2-Daniel Nestor (Canada [ Images ])/2-Nenad Zimonjic (Serbia) beat 9-Lukas Dlouhy (Czech Republic)/9-Leander Paes (India [ Images ]) 7-6(4) 4-6 6-1 4-6 8-6; 8-Jonas Bjorkman (Sweden)/8-Kevin Ullyett (Zimbabwe) beat 1-Bob Bryan/1-Mike Bryan (U.S) 7-6(3) 5-7 7-6(5) 7-6(9)

Women's doubles: * 16-Lisa Raymond (U.S)/16-Samantha Stosur (Australia [ Images ]) beat 1-Cara Black (Zimbabwe)/1-Liezel Huber (U.S) 6-3, 6-3; 11-Serena Williams/11-Venus Williams (U.S) beat Nathalie Dechy [ Images ] (France [ Images ])/Casey Dellacqua [ Images ] (Australia) 6-3; 6-3