<a href="/topics/Wimbledon_Tennis_Championships">WIMBLEDON</a>, England -- The top-seeded doubles pair of <a href="/topics/Max_Mirnyi">Max Mirnyi</a> of <a href="/topics/Belarus">Belarus</a> and <a href="/topics/Daniel_Nestor">Daniel Nestor</a> of <a href="/topics/Canada">Canada</a> was upset in the second round at Wimbledon, losing 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 to <a href="/topics/Daniele_Bracciali">Daniele Bracciali</a> of Italy and <a href="/topics/Julian_Knowle">Julian Knowle</a> of Austria on Friday. 
 Mirnyi and Nestor were coming off a second consecutive <a href="/topics/French_Open_Tennis_Tournament">French Open</a> title. 
 Nestor won the 2008 and 2009 Wimbledon men's doubles championships with <a href="/topics/Nenad_Zimonjic">Nenad Zimonjic</a>.

WIMBLEDON, England -- The top-seeded doubles pair of Max Mirnyi of Belarus and Daniel Nestor of Canada was upset in the second round at Wimbledon, losing 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 to Daniele Bracciali of Italy and Julian Knowle of Austria on Friday. Mirnyi and Nestor were coming off a second consecutive French Open title. Nestor won the 2008 and 2009 Wimbledon men's doubles championships with Nenad Zimonjic.

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