Paes, Stosur in quarters

But Mahesh Bhupathi and Radek Stepanek bowed out of the men8217;s doubles competition at the quarter-final stage after a straight set loss against Sweden8217;s Jonas Bjorkman and Max Mirnyi of Belarus.

The second seeded pair needed just over an hour to get the better of the Indo-Czech combination 6-3, 6-2. Bhupathi and Stepanek struggled on their serve winning just 65 per cent and 25 per cent of points on their first and second deliveries respectively. As a result, they were broken four times while they could only get the better of their opponents8217; serve once.

Rupesh Roy and his Australian partner Stephen Donald moved into the boy8217;s semis beating top seeded team of Roman Jebavy of Czech Republic and Slovakian Martin Klizan in a tight three-setter. The eighth seeded Indo-Australian pair came back from a set down to win 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 7/5 in just over an hour-and-a-half.