India’s Rohan Bopanna and his Australian partner Anastasia Rodionova were ousted in third round losing to pair of Mariana Duque and Juan Sebastian Cabal 6-7, 3-6. Also it was curtains for top seeded Indo-Croatian combo of Sania Mirza and Ivan Dodig in the mixed doubles competition at the Wimbledon here on Tuesday.
Sania and Ivan bowed out after losing to unseeded British duo of Neal Skupski and Anna Smith 6-4, 3-6, 5-7.
The Mirza-Dodig pair paid for their profligacy as they bungled on multiple match points in the final set before the unheralded British came out trumps.
Both pairs traded a couple of breaks in the first set before the top seeds got a third break, which enabled them to close the set at 6-4.
Sania and Dodig looked on course for an easy victory but Neal and Anna came back strongly, getting a break and winning the second set 6-3. The fancied Indo-Croat pair had problem with their second serve and their success rate was a mere 38 percent.
In final set, Mirza-Dodig pair were 5-3 up serving for the match at 40-30. However, the British kept on fighting as they saved another match point before winning a break to make it 4-5. While serving to stay in the match, the Britons again were standing at the cusp of defeat with Mirza-Dodig getting another chance to seal the issue, but they failed.