By IANS
New Delhi : Mahesh Bhupathi and his Czech partner Pavel Vizner defeated fourth seeds Leander Paes and Martin Damm to set up a semi-final clash with top seeds Bob and Mike Bryan in the $2.20 million Rogers Cup in Montreal, Canada.
According to the information received here, Bhupathi and Vizner, seeded eighth in the event, beat Paes and Damm 7-6 (7), 2-6, 10-8 on Friday.
Bhupathi and Paes, once India’s top doubles pair, now play separately.
Paes and Damm were playing their first match in the hard-court tournament after getting a bye in the first round and a walkover in the second.
It was a thrilling opening set in which both teams held serve. Paes and Damm did well to save as many as seven break points but Bhupathi and Vizner had the last laugh, taking the set in the tiebreaker.
Paes-Damm, however, stormed back in the second set, breaking their opponents twice in the process. But Bhupathi and Vizner recovered from the setback and held their nerves to seal the issue in a close super tiebreaker.
The eighth seeds will now face the Bryan brothers of the US, who defeated the French pair of Arnaud Clement and Richard Gasquet 6-2 7-6 (3) in their quarterfinal.