New Delhi, Aug 16: Top seeds Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi of Belarus continued their winning run on the ATP tour advancing to the doubles semifinals in the $2.2 million tennis masters tournament in Cincinnati, USA.
The duo beat eighth seeds Martin Damm and Cyril Suk of Czech Republic in two close sets 7-6 (7/4) 6-4, according to information received here today.
The pair is now third in the doubles champions race. In the individual doubles ranking, Mirnyi is ranked no. 1 in the world while Bhupathi is no. 2.
The Wimbledon runners-up, who won their third title of the season in the Montreal Masters Tournament in Canada last week, will take on seventh seeds Wayne Arthurs and Paul Hanley of Australia for a place in the final.
But before his doubles match, the 6'5" Belarussian will be first out on centre court to challenge American Andy Roddick in the singles semifinals. Mirnyi is the first player to reach both the semis at Cincinnati after Russian Yevgeny Kafelnikov achieved the feat in 1998.

In the other doubles semi-final, second seeds Bob and Mike Bryan of United States will meet third seeds Mark Knowles of Bahamas and Daniel Nestor of Canada.
Bureau Report