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Bhupathi-Mirnyi cruise into semis

May 31, 2004 20:05 IST

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

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.