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Bhupathi-Mirnyi in round 4

July 01, 2003 21:25 IST
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India's Mahesh Bhupathi and Belarussian Max Mirnyi entered the fourth round in the men's doubles at Wimbledon on Tuesday, beating Gaston Etlis and Martin Rodriques of Argentina.

The top seeded pair won 7-6 (7-4), 6-3, 6-3 in one hour and 36 minutes on Court No.2.

The top seeds fired 10 aces on their way to a straight sets victory and will now face the Czech pairing of Martin Damm and Cyril Suk.

Bhupathi and Mirnyi joined Leander Paes and David Rikl, who made the grade yesterday.

In the boys' singles, Karan Rastogi went down to Dudi Sela of Israel 2-6, 6-3, 3-6 and Somdev Dev Varman lost to Devin Mullings of Bahamas 7-6 (7/3), 5-7, 6-1 in the first round.

Veteran brothers Vijay and Anand Amritraj won their over-45 doubles match against Owen Davidson and John Newcombe of Australia 6-2, 6-2.

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