Darkness came in the way of Leander Paes [ Images ] and Lukas Dlouhy [ Images ] as they battled it out against Canada's [ Images ] Daniel Nestor [ Images ] and Serbia's Nenad Zimonjic for a place in the final of the men's doubles at Wimbledon [ Images ] on Thursday night.

• It's Serena vs Venus in ladies' final

The Indo-Czech pair fought back magnificently after narrowly losing the first set but had to leave the tantalizingly-posed semi-final unfinished at 7-6 (7-4), 4-6, 6-1, 3-3 because of bad light.

• Images | Safinator returns

The winners of the match take on Swedish veteran Jonas Bjorkman [ Images ] and Kevin Ullyett of Zimbabwe in Saturday's final.

The eighth seeds upset top seeds Bob and Mike Bryan [ Images ] of the United States 7-6 (7-3), 5-7, 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (11-9) in the earlier semi-final, which was interrupted by rain.