Indo-Pak tennis Pair in the Semis

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Bopanna-Qureshi in semis of Nice event

New Delhi, May 20 (PTI) Top seeds Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi suffered a shock defeat but Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi eased into the semifinals of the ATP 250 event in Nice, France.

Bhupathi and Belarussian Mirnyi lost their quarter-final 3-6 3-6 to Italian pair of Andrea Seppi and Potito Starace to crash out of the euro 398,250 clay court event.

However, Bopanna kept the Indian flag flying as he and his Pakistani partner scored an easy 6-3 6-2 win over the British pair of Colin Fleming and Ken Skupski in their last-eight stage match.

They will now fight it out with Leos Friedl of Italy and Serbian Dusan Vemic for a place in the summit clash.

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Bopanna-Qureshi enter semis, Bhupathi-Mirnyi out of Nice

Nice: Top seeds Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi were shown the doors in the quarterfinals, but Rohan Bopanna of India and his Pakistani partner Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi stormed into the doubles semifinals at the Open de Nice here.

Bhupathi and his Belarusian partner Mirnyi were made to sweat in both the sets as Italians Andreas Seppi and Potito Starace won 6-3, 6-3 in their doubles quarterfinal encounter.

Bopanna and Qureshi, meanwhile, registered a comfortable win over Britons Colin Fleming and Ken Skupski 6-3, 6-3 here yesterday.

The Indo-Pak duo will next take on Czech Leos Friedl and Dusan Vemic of Serbia.

Bopanna-Qureshi enter semis, Bhupathi-Mirnyi out of Nice

 

[SpArK]

Wishing them very best of luck.

 

[Emperor Palpatine]

Hope this pair wins the finals !!!

 

[Kinetic]

All the best. Thanks for posting this great news.

 

[Pride]

Congrats and all the best....

 

[third eye]

While we slug it out on every issue, two lads are quietly doing well - together.