Mahesh Bhupathi [ Images ] and Max Mirnyi [ Images ] advanced to the semi-finals in the $556,000 ATP Tour event in Estoril, Portugal, on Thursday.

The top seeded Indo-Belarusian pair easily beat Jarkko Nieminen of Finland and Russian Andrei Stoliarov 6-2, 6-2 in a quarter-final match.

They take on Jiri Novak and Petr Pala of Czechlovakia, who beat Chile's Fernando Gonzalez [ Images ] and Tommy Robredo [ Images ] of Spain 6-2, 6-2 in another quarter-final.