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Bhupathi-Mirnyi cruise into semis

May 31, 2004 20:05 IST

India's Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi of Belarus easily won their quarter-final match against Karsten Braasch of Germany and Sargis Sargsian of Armenia in the men's doubles at the French Open tennis championships in Paris on Monday.

The third seeded pair registered a comfortable 6-3, 6-4 victory to cruise into the semi-finals.

They will take on the winner of the match between the Argentine pair of Gaston Etlis-Martin Rodriguez and Belgians Xavier Malisse-Olivier Rochus.

Bhupathi is a two-time French Open doubles champion, having won the crown in 1999 and 2001 with Leander Paes.

Bhupathi and Russian partner Elena Likhovtseva were knocked out in the first round of the mixed doubles by Els Callens of Belgium and Argentine Sebastian Prieto.

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