Mahesh Bhupathi loses in final

Indian tennis ace Mahesh Bhupathi unsuccessful to mark up his third Wimbledon mixed doubles title as he and his partner Elena Vesnina were outplayed by Jurgen Melzer and Iveta Benesova in straight sets in the final here on Sunday. The fourth seeded Indo-Russian pair lost 3-6 2-6 to their ninth seeded opponents in a 51-minute top clash at the center court.

Austrian Melzer and Benesova, who have not lost a single set on their way to the title, were the leading pair for the majority part of the final match with better serve and returns. Kveta Peschke ensured more Czech joy when she claimed her first grand slam doubles title along with Katarina Srebotnik on Saturday. The second seeds beat Sabine Lisicki and Australia's Samantha Stosur 6-3, 6-1.

Bhupathi-Vesnina in Quarter finals

Mahesh Bhupathi and Elena Vesnina advanced to the mixed doubles quarter-finals of the Wimbledon Championships after quelling a delayed challenge from Eric Butorac and Olga Govortsova in London. The fourth-seeded Indo-Russian mixture dismissed the challenge of American-Belarussian pair 6-2 7-6 (7) in the third round contest.

It was a good day for Vesnina as she previous; partnering Sania Mirza, reached the women's doubles semifinals. Bhupathi-Vesnina may run into the Sania-Rohan Bopanna Indian pair in the mixed doubles semifinals if both the pairs win their particular quarter-finals.

Bopanna and Sania are one step away from making the quarter-finals as they face Czech team of Martin Damm and Renata Voracova in the third round. Earlier, they scored a 7-5 6-2 victory over Jamie Murray of Great Britain and Jarmila Gajdosova of Australia in the second round.