Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi stayed on course for their fourth successive title after storming into the semifinals of the USD 50,000 ATP Challenger in Bronx, New York, USA.
The fourth seeds defeated the French duo of David Guez and Nicolas Tourte 6-2, 7-6 (1) in the quarters to book their last-four berth of the men’s tennis event on Wednesday.
The ‘Indo-Pak Express’, who won a hat-trick of titles in Europe a week ago, overcame Denis Gremelmayr of Germany and Czech Republic’s Lukas Rosol 6-4, 4-6, 10-4 in the first round.
Bopanna and Qureshi were up against Jim Thomas of the US and Steve Darcis of Belgium in the semifinals.
Meanwhile, Karan Rastogi bowed out of the USD 35,000 Challenger event in Bukhara, Uzbekistan, with a 6-4, 6-2 loss to home favourite Denis Istomin in the first round.
