Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi pair has progressed to the semifinals of the Sydney International tennis tournament. In the quarter-finals in Sydney today, the third seeded Indo-Pak pair prevailed over Trat Huey of Philippines and Briton Dominic Inglot in three sets 6-7, 7-6, 10-3. Bopanna and his Pakistani partner now face giant-killers Lukas Rosol and Joao Sousa, who stunned the top seeded American pair of Mike and Bob Bryan 3-6, 6-3, 14-12 in their quarter-final. The Indo-Czech combination of Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek, however, has crashed out in the first round itself. The second seeded duo was ousted 4-6, 4-6 in 65 minutes by the French pair of Julien Benneteau andEdouard Roger-Vasselin. The winners will now take on Australian pair of James Duckworth and Samuel Groth. Paes now heads to the season's first Grand Slam, the Australian Open, without much match practice.
News On AIR | January 8, 2014 7:29 PM