Anne Keothavong, Elena Baltacha bow out of doubles

Keothavong, Baltacha bow out of doubles

British duo Anne Keothavong and Elena Baltacha have been beaten in the first round of the women's doubles by Germany's Julia Goerges and Anna-Lena Gronefeld.

The home pairing were outplayed for most of the match as they went down 6-3 6-1 at the All England Club.

Goerges and Gronefeld will now meet Russia's Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina for a place in the quarter-finals.

The defeat capped a bad day for Baltacha, who was knocked out of the singles competition earlier by Serbian 11th seed Ana Ivanovic.

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