Leander Paes, Rohan Bopanna and Sania Mirza lost their respective matches at Wimbledon 2013.
Paes lost his men's doubles semifinal, Mirza went out of the mixed doubles at the quarterfinal and Bopanna lost both his, men's doubles semifinal and mixed doubles quarterfinal.
14th seeded Bopanna and his French partner Edouard Roger-Vasselin lost to top seeded Bob and Mike Bryan of the United States by 7-6(4), 4-6, 3-6, 7-5, 3-6 in two hours and 48 minutes.
Bopanna then returned to play on the same court after a couple of hours for his mixed doubles with his Chinese partner Zheng Jie. Indo-China pair lost to Dutch-Russian duo Jean-Julien Rojer and Vera Dushevina by 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 in one hour and 31 minutes.
Meanwhile, fourth seeded veterans Paes with Czech partner Radek Stepanek also lost a five-setter to Croat-Brazilian pairing Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo. The 12th seeds won 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 in two hours and 55 minutes.
Mirza, India's only female representative, also lost in the mixed battle.
Eighth seeded Canadian-French pair Daniel Nestor and Kristina Mladenovic upset second seeded Horia Tecau of Romania and Mirza 7-6(5), 7-6(5) in one hour and 46 minutes.
(with inputs from IANS)
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