Paes-Lipsky storm into Bordeaux Challenger semis

Indian tennis legend Leander Paes and American Scott Lipsky beat French pair of Laurent Lokoli and Maxime Janvier in straight sets to sail into the semi-finals of the Bordeaux Challenger, in Bordeaux, France, on Wednesday.

The Indo-American duo prevailed over Lokoli-Janvier 6-4, 6-4 in the quarter-finals.

In Thursday's semi-final, Paes and Lipsky will be up against all-Indian pair of Purav Raja and Divij Sharan.

Raja and Sharan defeated Australian combination of Alex Bolt Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-2, 6-7 (4), 10-6 in a keenly-contested last eight encounter.