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Wimbledon: Aisam, Hlavackova bow out of mixed doubles

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Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and his partner Andrea Hlavackova were defeated in mixed double event.

In the second round match of the mixed doubles event at Wimbledon, Pakistan tennis ace Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and his partner, Czech Republic’s Andrea Hlavackova, were beaten by Scotlands Fleming and partner Su-Wei Hsieh, from Chinese Taipei 6-3 6-7 (5-7) 6-1.In the women’s doubles event Venus Williams and Serena Williams beat American Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Indias Sania Mirza, 6-4, 6-3 in the third round.In the other main matches of the day Switzerland’s Roger Federer also advanced to the men’s event semi-finals. Federer will meet top seed Novak Djokovic in the semi-final.