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Peng Shuai and her partner fall at Wimbledon

2014-07-04 15:40 CRIENGLISH.com Web Editor: Gu Liping
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China's Peng Shuai(R) and Chinese Taipei's Hsieh Su-wei compete during the women's doubles third round match against France's Mladennvic and Hungary's Babos at the 2014 Wimbledon Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, southeast London, on July 2, 2014. Peng and Hsieh lost 1-2. [Photo: Xinhua/Meng Yongmin]

China's Peng Shuai(R) and Chinese Taipei's Hsieh Su-wei compete during the women's doubles third round match against France's Mladennvic and Hungary's Babos at the 2014 Wimbledon Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, southeast London, on July 2, 2014. Peng and Hsieh lost 1-2. [Photo: Xinhua/Meng Yongmin]

The Chinese duo of Peng Shuai and Hsieh Suwei has been eliminated from Women's Doubles.

They were edged by the 14th seeded pair from Hungary and France in a 3-set battle.

From the Men's Singles draw, defending Champion Andy Murray has been ousted in straight-sets in the quarter-finals by 11th seeded Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, 6-1, 7-6, 6-2.

Novak Djokovic reached the Wimbledon semifinals for the fifth consecutive year, coming back to beat 26th-seeded Marin Cilic of Croatia 6-1, 3-6, 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-2.

The world number two explains why he changed his shoes in the third set.

"I was slipping, I was falling, I was, you know, I wasn't really finding the balance in the third but I don't know whether it was the shoes or socks or whatever - it was very warm so I was sweating a lot so I wanted to change it. I had just the better grip, I had better movement and maybe it was just mental but anyway, it worked."

On Friday, Djokovic will face Dimitrov.

Roger Federer will be up against Canadian 8th seed Milos Raonic in the other semifinal. Raonic downed 19-year old Nick Kyrgios to progress to his first career grand slam semi.

Raonic has become the first Canadian man in more than 100 years to reach the Wimbledon semifinals.

On the women's draw, French Open finalist Simona Halep will be up against 13th seeded Canadian Eugine Bouchard in the semi-final.

6th seeded Petra Kvitova of Czech Republic will be taking on her compatriot 23rd seeded Lucie Safarova.

Both the women's semi-finals will be contested tonight, starting at 8pm Beijing time.

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