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Bryan Brothers and Williams Sisters Charge into Wimbledon Doubles Semis
By Erik Gudris
Photo Credit: Getty Images
(July 5th, 2012) Despite all the rain delays the past two weeks at the All-England Club, the men's and women's doubles events are finally at the semifinal stage with several top-level matches that could well be a clue to who might take home medals at the upcoming Summer Games in a few weeks time.
On the men's side, with the early upsets of top seeds
Daniel Nestor
and
Max Mirnyi
and Melbourne winners
Leander Paes
and
Radek Stepanek
, it opened the doors for defending champions
Bob and Mike Bryan
to possibly win their third Wimbledon title. But the Bryans have had to fight in their last two matches including today where they needed five sets to defeat the All-American pair of
Scott Lipsky
and
Rajeev Ram
5-7, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4. The Bryans will now meet in the semis a surprise team in unseeded
Jonathan Marray
of Great Britain and
Frederik Nielsen
of Denmark.
The other men's doubles semi features former champions
Jurgen Melzer
and
Philipp Petzschner
against two-time finalists
Robert Lindstedt
and
Horia Tecau
.
For the women, one team despite being unseeded and having never played together in two years are suddenly looking like the favorites for the title.
Serena and Venus Williams
have had to play back-to-back matches to make up for the rain delays this week, but they have found their winning groove once again as they go for their fifth Wimbledon doubles title.
With a commanding 6-1, 6-1 win today in the quarterfinals over Americans
Racqel Kopp-Jones
and
Abigail Spears,
the Williams sisters now take on the No. 1 seeds in
Liezel Huber
and
Lisa Raymond
in a semi that could be well be the Gold Medal match in a few weeks time when both teams represent the United States in Olympic Tennis.
The other semifinal will feature an all-Italian team in
Flavia Pennetta
and
Francesca Schiavone
taking on No. 6 seeds
Andrea Hlavackova
and
Lucie Hradecka
who upset French Open champions
Sara Errani
and
Roberta Vinci
in the last round.
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