Sunitha Rao and Prakash Amritraj [ Images ] failed to advance in the Wimbledon [ Images ] qualifiers, both going down the second round on Wednesday.

Sunitha, India's [ Images ] second-highest ranked player, lost 4-6, 2-6 to 15th seed Russian Olga Poutchkova.

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On Tuesday night, Amritraj put up a spirited performance but lost to 13th seeded Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky 3-6, 6-1, 3-6. Stakhovsky won his maiden ATP title at Zagreb earlier this year.

Sania Mirza [ Images ], who has been seeded 32, will carry Indian hopes in the singles event of the third Grand Slam of the year while

Mahesh Bhupathi [ Images ] and Leander Paes [ Images ] will present their challenge in the doubles event though with different partners.