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Paes-Stepanek out of India Wells

The fourth seeded pair of India`s Leander Paes and Czech Radek Stepanek was beaten by the unseeded Swiss duo of Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka in the quarter-finals of the men`s doubles at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament here.

Indian Wells: The fourth seeded pair of India`s Leander Paes and Czech Radek Stepanek was beaten by the unseeded Swiss duo of Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka in the quarter-finals of the men`s doubles at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament here.
In an encounter that lasted 79 minutes, Paes and Stepanek went down 3-6, 7-6 (6) and 4-10 against the Swiss combine here Wednesday night. In the semi-finals, Federer and Wawrinka will face Alexander Peya and Bruno Soares. The other semi-final will be an all-American clash between the Bryan brothers and John Isner and Sam Querrey.