Canadian Nestor, Serbian partner Zimonjic bounced from Australian Open doubles

MELBOURNE, Australia – Canadian Daniel Nestor and Serbian partner Nenad Zimonjic lost their bid for the Australian Open final as they were beaten by American Eric Butorac and Raven Klaasen of South Africa 6-2, 6-4 Thursday.

The loss took just 64 minutes, with Zimonjic losing serve twice in the opening sat.

Toronto’s Nestor, 41, and holder of a record 83 career doubles titles, is still alive in mixed doubles with Kristina Mladovic of France.

Montreal’s Eugenie Bouchard was preparing to play for a place fin the women’s singles final as the Canadian teenager faces fourth seed Li Na in their semi-final.

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