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Bhupathi-Woodbridge advance

May 06, 2005 23:14 IST

Leander Paes [ Images ] and Nenad Zimonjic saw their winning streak snapped as they crashed out in the quarterfinals of the ATP Tennis Masters in Rome, Italy [ Images ], on Saturday.

Paes and Zimonjic, coming into the tournament with back to back Masters title in Monte Carlo and Barcelona [ Images ] went down to third seeded Bryan brothers, Bob and Mike, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5.

The sixth seeded Indo-Serbian pair had earlier defeated home challenge Daniele Bracciali and Giorgio Galimberti 6-4, 5-7, 6-1 in another tough match.

Paes' former partner Mahesh Bhupathi [ Images ] on the other hand had a smooth passage to the semifinals.

Bhupathi and his record breaking Grand Slam champion Todd Woodbridge of Australia [ Images ] entered the last-four stage after scoring a facile 6-3, 6-2 win over Jiri Novak of the Czech Republic and Tommy Robredo [ Images ] of Spain in the quarters.

The fifth seeded pair earlier had a walk over from Swedish-Russian combo of Joachim Johansson and Marat Safin [ Images ] in the second round.

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