• Thursday, March 28, 2024

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Paes and Shamasdin lose marathon first round

Leander Paes

By: Sarwar Alam

Veteran Leander Paes’ 23rd appearance at the Wimbledon Championships ended with a first round defeat in a gruelling five-setter against Julian Knowle and Philipp Oswald on Wednesday (6). The combo of Paes and Adil Shamasdin lost 6-4 6-4 2-6 6-7(2) 8-10 to its Austrian rivals in the first round, which was just one minute short of four hours. In a long-drawn fifth set, Paes and his Canadian partner lost serve at 8-8 and their rivals grabbed the opportunity to serve out the match in the next game. Paes and Shamadin have won two Challenger level titles together in the 2017…

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