The ninth seeded Indo-Czech pair lost 6-7 (4) 6-4 1-6 6-4 6-8 to the second seeded Canadian-Serb duo, which takes on number one Americans Mike and Bob Bryan in the summit clash.

With this loss, the Indian challenge in the Wimbledon came to an end.

In a battle that lasted more than three hours on court number one, but took two days to complete, Paes and Dlouhy were done in by unforced errors -- 26 in all against 18 of their opponents -- and their failure to convert 10 of the 12 break points that came their way in the match.

The two teams were tied 3-3 in the fourth set when play was suspended on Thursday due to inclement weather and fading light.

And it was a pitched battle from the time play resumed with the fourth set taking as long as 47 minutes to finish and the Indo-Czech duo managed to survive the grind and delay the inevitable by clinching it.