Leander Paes, Rohan Bopanna reached into Wimbledon semi final

London: India’s Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna breezed into the quarters and pre-quarterfinals of the men’s and mixed doubles events with their respective partners at the Wimbledon.

While Paes and Stepanek took 38, 33 and 40 minutes in the three sets to get the better of their opponents, Bopanna and Zheng nedded 50 and 35 minutes to clear the hurdle.

Bopanna and Mahesh Bhupathi progressed to the quarterfinals of the men’s doubles event with their respective partners even as Sania crashed out of the women’s doubles competition last night.

Bopanna and Edouard Roger-Vasselin of France stunned the third seeded pair of Alexander Peya and Bruno Soares, while Bhupathi and Austrian Julian Knowle defeated Canadian combination of Jesse Levine and Vasek Pospisil.