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Bhupathi-Mirnyi in semis

July 03, 2003 19:56 IST

India's [ Images ] Mahesh Bhupathi [ Images ] and Max Mirnyi [ Images ] of Belarus moved into the semi-finals of the men's doubles at Wimbledon [ Images ],  beating number eight seeds Martin Damm [ Images ] and Cyril Suk of the Czech Republic 7-6 (7-2), 7-6 (7-3), 6-3 in a quarter-final match on Thursday.

The top seeds meet the fifth seeded pair of Leander Paes [ Images ] and David Rikl, who had beaten the Bryan brothers, Bob and Mike in another quarter-final on Wednesday.

Bhupathi/Mirnyi and Paes/Rikl had met in the quarter-finals of the French Open [ Images ]. The latter rallied to win the match and make it to the semi-finals.