Somdev Devvarman and Sanam Singh showed they are the future of India's Davis Cup doubles play and on the road to replace the seasoned Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi as they made the semi-finals of the ATP Chennai Open doubles tournament on Thursday night.
With fans rooting for them, wild cards Devvarman and Sanam Singh scored a 6-2, 6-3 victory over the Russian-Dutch unseeded combine of Jeff Coetzee and Rogler Wassen in the quarter-finals.
Earlier, Bhupathi in partnership with compatriot Rohan Bopanna eased into the last eight with a 6-3, 7-6 win over the American pair of James Cerretani and Travis Rettenmaier in a match that was completed on Thursday after unexpected rains had brought it to a close a day earlier.
India's Yuki Bhambri and former world number one Spaniard Carlos Moya crashed out after being defeated by Spain's Marcel Granollers and Santiago Ventura 7-5, 6-1 in another quarter-final.
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