Lee-Hesh progress,Bopanna-Qureshi out of Cincinnati Open

The Indian Express of tennis Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi moved to the men’s doubles semifinals without breaking a sweat while Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi crashed out of the ATP Western & Southern Open after a straight set defeat.

Third seeds Bhupathi and Paes received a walkover in their quarter-finals after Czech pair of Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek due to former’s right shoulder injury.

Berdych had defeated two-time champion Roger Federer 6-2 7-6(3) in the singles event.

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Lee-Hesh now face defending champions Bob and Mike Bryan of the US,who ousted seventh seeds Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski after a hard-fought 7-6(5) 7-6(3) win.

The fifth-seeded Indo-Pak pair of Bopanna and Qureshi were done in by fourth seeds Michael Llodra and Nenad Zimonjic 3-6 2-6 in just under an hour.