Indians at wimbledon

Paes-Zimonjic in quarters Leander Paes and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia and Montenegro came up with a clinical performance to storm into the qua...

Paes-Zimonjic in quarters

Leander Paes and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia and Montenegro came up with a clinical performance to storm into the quarterfinals of the men’s doubles event. The fifth seed pair defeated Karol Beck of Slovakia and Jaroslav Levinsky of Czech Republic 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 to move into the last eight.

They will now face fourth seed Zimbabwean pair of Wayne Black and Kevin Ullyett for a place in the semifinals.

Mixed day for Juniors

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The Indian juniors, however, had a bad day in office as both Sanam Singh and Vivek Shokeen bowed out of the championship in the second round.

Sanam went down to Antal van der Duim of Netherlands 6-2, 6-3 while Shokeen lost to 17th seed Thiemo de Bakker 5-7, 6-4, 1-6.

However, Sanam then teamed up with Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan to beat Sho Aida of Japan and Jiri Kosler of Czech Republic 6-3, 6-4 to move into the second round of the boy’s doubles event.

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Nine young men from the Dimasa tribe, working at a construction site in Tamil Nadu, were killed when a concrete arch they were working on collapsed. The brothers Provit and Sorbojit Thaosen were among the victims, along with four others from their village. The incident highlights the lack of employment opportunities and low wages that force many from their villages to work as migrant workers.

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