Rohan Bopanna with Gabriela Dabrowski out from Wimbledon Open 2017

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Rohan Bopanna and Gabriela Dabrowski fought extremely hard but failed to cross the quarter-final hurdle in the mixed doubles event at Wimbledon. 

On Thursday, the Indo-Canadian duo lost a two-hour battle to the Finnish-British pair of Henri Kontinen and Heather Watson 7-6(4) 4-6 5-7. Bopanna and Dabrowski are the reigning French Open mixed doubles champions and were hoping to add a second consecutive Major title to their resume. Bopanna and Dabrowski began well on Centre Court.

They won the first set 7-4 in the tie-breaker and looked in cruise control mode. But the unseeded pair fought back hard to level scores, winning the second set 6-4.

It all came down to the decider and the combine of Bopanna-Dabrowski, seeded 10th, made unforced errors at crucial junctures to end up on the losing side after a two-hour battle as Kontinen and Watson reached the semi-finals of the event.

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