Bhupathi-Knowles in Pilot Pen final

By IANS,

New Haven (Connecticut) : India’s Mahesh Bhupathi and his Bahamas partner Mark Knowles have battled past Italians Simone Bolelli and Andreas Seppi to move into the finals of $708,000 Pilot Pen Tennis tournament.


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The second seeded Bhupathi-Knowles defeated the Italians 6-3, 5-7, 10-7 in a hard fought semi-final here Friday.

They now face fourth-seeded Brazilians Marcelo Melo and Andre Sa in the finals, who outplayed compatriot Bruno Soares and Argentine Lucas Arnold Ker 7-5, 6-4.

Bhupathi has last year captured the title with Nenad Zimonjic and with Knowles will be bidding for their third title of the season.

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