Leander Paes-Elena Vesnina in Wimbledon mixed doubles quarters, Rohan Bopanna out

Leander Paes and his partner Elena Vesnina on Saturday stormed into the semifinals of mixed doubles competition after a straight set win over Paul Hanley Alla and Kudryavtseva in the Wimbledon in London.

The Indo-Russian pair took just 57 minutes to record a 6-2 6-2 win over Australia's Hanley and Russia's Kudryavtseva on court number 18 at the All England Club here.

Paes and Vesnina will take on the winner of the match between top seeds American pair of Bob Bryan and Liezel Huber and eight seeds Canada's Daniel Nestor and Julia Goerges of Germany.

The fourth seeded Indo-Russian Pair converted four of the five chances that came their way but their rivals failed to convert even one of the two opportunities that they got.

Hanley and Kudryavtseva sent down two aces about they double faulted twice and could not break the Indo-Russian pair even once as Paes and Vesnina wrapped up the first set in just 24 minutes.

In the second set, the Australian-Russian pair sent down four aces but Paes and Vesnina rode on their second serve conversion rate to tame their rivals. They also converted two of the three chances while their rivals failed to break them even once although they had two opportunities.

The Indo-Russian pair wrapped up the match in another 33 minutes to seal their place in the semifinals.

Paes and Vesnina were pushed hard in the match yesterday but the duo drew from their experience to emerge triumphant.

The first set went on serve and neither of the two teams could earn a break but with a fantastic first serve, the fourth seeds had the slight upperhand which proved decisive in the tie-breaker.

The fact that Paes and Vesnina did not commit a single unforced error also tilted the scale in their favour after an opening battle of 49 minutes.

The Indo-Russian combine was clearly the better of the two pairs in the second set as it converted two break points while saving seven to seal the issue after 43 minutes.

In contrast, Bopanna and Zheng were thoroughly outplayed by their more experienced and higher-ranked rivals.

The 10th seeds were broken thrice in the opening set itself which Bryan and Raymond won in just 21 minutes.

In the second set, which lasted a little over half an hour, break points again proved decisive as Bryan and Raymond converted both the chances they earned to emerge triumphant.