Johannesburg - South Africa's Raven Klaasen and his American partner Rajeev Ram lost 7-5 6-4 5-7 7-6 to the French pair of Benneteau and Roger-Vasselin in the men's doubles semi-finals at Wimbledon on Thursday.
Despite a spirited performance, by SA's Klaasen in particular in the fourth set, the duo were unable to push their French opponents to five sets.
Klaasen and Ram would have had high hopes of making it into the final after a stunning upset to get to the last four of the tournament.
Klassen and Ram, the 11th seeds, disposed of the Bryan brothers, the second seeds, 7-6(2) 6-1 7-6(4) after a 104-minute encounter on Court 3 in their quarter-final match on Wednesday.
African News Agency