Mankad qualifies for Wimbledon doubles
June 17th, 2010 - 8:31 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 17 (IANS) India’s Harsh Mankad along with Serbian Ilija Bozoljac qualified for the Wimbledon doubles main draw with a 7-6(5), 6-4 win over Austrian Alexander Peya and Germany’s Bjorn Phau in the second round of the qualifiers.
It is the first time that Harsh, 30, son of former Test cricketer Ashok Mankad and former tennis national champion Nirupama Mankad, has qualified for a Grand Slam tournament.
India’s Somdev Devvarman with his Philippines partner Treat Conrad Huey has reached the final round of the doubles qualifiers where they play top seeded Polish pair Tomasz Bednarek and Mateusz Kowalczyk.
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