Mahesh Bhupathi [ Images ] and Radek Stepanek advanced into the doubles final at the Dubai [ Images ] Duty Free tennis tournament after beating second seeds Paul Hanley [ Images ] and Kevin Ullyett in a grueling semi-final on Friday.

The Indo-Czech pair beat the Australia-Zimbabwe duo via the super tie-breaker 4-6, 6-3, 10-8.

In the final, they will meet the winner of the other semi-final between top seeds Mark Knowles [ Images ]/Daniel Nestor [ Images ] and third seeds Fabrice Santoro [ Images ]/Nenad Zimonjic.