Somdev out of singles; Lee-Hesh in round two

 The third seeded Indian pair registered a hard-fought 6-7 (7), 6-4, 6-4 victory over Croatian combo of Ivan Dodig and Lovro Zovko in the first round.

On Thursday, Somdev Devvarman lost his second-round singles match to Russian 18th seed Mikhail Youzhny 2-6, 4-6, 4-6.

However, Somdev and his Japanese partner Kei Nishikori advanced to the second round of doubles with a 6-7(3), 6-3, 6-2 win over Germany’s Rainer Schuettler and Alexander Waske in the doubles on

In women’s doubles, Sania Mirza and her Russian partner Elena Vesnina reached the pre-quarterfinals after registering a 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 victory over Czech Renata Voracova and Galina Voskoboeva of Kazakhstan on Friday.

Wimbledon Results

Men’s singles: Third round: Feliciano Lopez (Esp) bt 8-Andy Roddick (US) 7-6 (7-2), 7-6 (7-2), 6-4; 17-Richard Gasquet (France) bt Simone Bolelli (Italy) 6-3, 6-2, 6-4.
Second round:  7-David Ferrer (Esp) bt Ryan Harrison (US) 6-7 (6-8), 6-1, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.
On Thursday, second round: 3-Roger Federer (Sui) bt Adrian Mannarino (Fra) 6-2, 6-3, 6-2; 16-Nicolas Almagro (Esp) bt John Isner (US) 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (7-5), 6-7 (5-7), 6-3; 12-Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) bt Grigor Dimitrov (Bul) 6-7 (4-7), 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (10-8).
Women’s singles: Third round: 4-Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) bt 25-Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia) 6-3, 3-6, 6-2; 23-Venus Williams (US) bt Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (Esp) 6-0, 6-2; 32-Tsvetana Pironkova (Bul) bt 2-Vera Zvonareva (Rus) 6-2, 6-3; 8-Petra Kvitova (Cze) bt 29-Roberta Vinci (Ita) 6-3, 6-3; Ksenia Pervak (Rus) beat 11-Andrea Petkovic (Ger) 6-4, 7-6 (7-2); 19-Yanina Wickmayer (Bel) bt 12-Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4; Nadia Petrova (Rus) bt Kateryna Bondarenko (Ukr) 6-3, 6-2.   
Second round: 1-Caroline Wozniacki (Den) bt Virginie Razzano (Fra) 6-1, 6-3; 5-Maria Sharapova (Russia) bt Laura Robson (Britain) 7-6 (4), 6-3;  9-Marion Bartoli (France) bt Lourdes Do­minguez Lino (Spain); 4-6, 7-5, 6-2.