Paes, Somdev in doubles semifinals in respective ATP events

New Delhi: Leander Paes and his Italian partner Daniele Bracciali today stormed into the semifinals of the Thailand Open in Bangkok after defeating Colombian pair of Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah in a three-set thriller.

The second seeded Indo-Italian duo emerged 6-7(4) 7-6(8) 10-8 winners in the quarterfinal match that lasted two hour and two minutes. They play third seeded pair of Jamie Murray of Scotland and John Peers of Australia in the semifinals. Meanwhile, in the Malaysia Open in Kuala Lumpur, Somdev Devvarman and his South African partner Rik De Voest scored an upset win over second seeds Nenan Zimonjic of Serbia and Julien Benneteau of Switzerland in the quarterfinals. The duo of Somdev and de Voest came from behind to win 3-6 6-4 10-7 in the quarterfinal match that lasted one hour and 12 minutes. PTI