JOIN USBopanna-Aisam move into semis
At the end of the 135-minute battle, the Indo-Pak Express prevailed with the scoreline reading 7-5, 2-6, 7-5 in their favour. The duo will now take on Polish pair of Marcin Matkowski and Maruisz Fyrstenberg, who defeated Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi on Thursday.
It is the second year in a row that Bopanna-Qureshi have done well at Flushing Meadows, having reached the final last year before losing to Bryan brothers Bob and Mike. It was indeed a tough fight for the Indo-Pak duo but their winning percentage of 85 percent on first serves proved to be decisive.
Although the winners made more unforced errors, they also ensured that on half a dozen occasions, they were on the verge of breaking the British pair. But they were only successful on three occasions while the British pair only got four shots and converted three of them.
Two of the breaks they got were in the second set, when Bopanna-Qureshi looked out of sorts.
The other semifinal will feature the Austrian-German pair of Jurgen Melzer and Philipp Petzschner against the Italian duo of Simon Bolelli and Fabio Fognini.