TENNIS
Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi: The seventh seeded pair beat the French duo of Gael Monfils and Gilles Simon 6-3, 6-3 in the opening round and played compact tennis to defeat Marcelo Melo and Andre Sa of Brazil 6-4, 6-2 in the second.
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Lost to Swiss pair of Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka 2-6, 4-6 in the quarter-finals. The Swiss pair went on to win the gold.
Sania Mirza: Retired with a wrist injury against Czech Iveta Benesova in the first round, after trailing 6-2, 2-1.
Sunitha Rao: Partnering Sania got a walkover into the second round, when the French pair of Tatiana Golovin and Pauline Parmentier pulled out after an injury to the former.
However, the Indians couldn't make the most of it against the top seeded Russian duo of Svetlana Kuznetsova and Dinara Safina in the second round, losing 4-6, 4-6.
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