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The Pakistan-Kazakhstan duo downed their opponent 6-3, 3-6 and 7-5 to earn a chance to book a spot in the final.
Into @Wimbledon mixed doubles Semi-Finals wth @SlavaSays yayyyyy ☺️✌️ (pic credit @imageplotter ) #Wimbledon2016 pic.twitter.com/R9bYGssPGU
— Aisam ul Haq Qureshi (@aisamhqureshi) July 7, 2016
Wimbledon: Aisam reaches mixed doubles quarter-final
They will now face off against Colombia's Robert Farah and Germany's Anna-Lena Groenefeld in the semi-final.
InshAllah playing our @Wimbledon mixed doubles Semi-Finals today vs the duo @RobertFarah_ & @Annagroenefeld 🎾🔛💪 pic.twitter.com/O6DT20SEcP
— Aisam ul Haq Qureshi (@aisamhqureshi) July 8, 2016
Earlier, Aisam and Shvedova defeated the British duo Neal Skupski and Anna Smith 6-3, 6-4 in the third round.
They dominated the first set taking the lead 1-0 in the opening game, while Skupski and Smith caught them up in the sixth game to level the match 3-3.
But the 14th seeds, Aisam and Shvedova took the first set with a service winner 6-3 in the ninth game of the match.
They faced resistance from the local pair as they conceded the first game of the second set 1-0; however, both levelled it in the next 1-1.
The match lasted for more than an hour.
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Aisam was also competing in the men’s doubles event; however, he had to face the second round exit earlier in the tournament.
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