'Indo-Pak Express' Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul Haq Qureshi stormed into the doubles semi-finals of the ONGC ATP Challenger after a straight sets win over Adrian Cruciat of Romania and Adrian Menendez of Spain.
Second seeded Bopanna and Qureshi won 6-3, 7-6 (6) to set-up a clash with Benjamin Balleret of Mongolia and Sebastian De Chaunac of France on Thursday.
At the receiving end of Balleret and Sebastian were India's Mustafa Ghouse and Patrick Briaud of the United States, who went down 6-3, 7-5.
Bopanna and Qureshi eased through the first set but encountered stiff resistance in the second which went to the tie-breaker.
The India-Pak duo has forged a good combination this season and notched up a number of doubles title which saw their doubles ranking soar.
Top seed Wesley Moodie and Rik De Voest of South Africa also booked a semi-final berth after a comfortable 6-2, 6-1 win over Tomas Clark and Ivo Minar of Czech Republic.
Moodie and De Voest will meet Pavel Chekhov and Elgin Michail of Russia, who went past the Chinese duo of Xin-Yuan Yu and Shao Xuan Zeng 6-2, 6-3.
For Aisam, the victory in the doubles' second round came after he reached the quarter-finals in the morning, beating Eligin Michail 6-2, 4-6, 6-4.
Bopanna had already exited from the singles draw after losing his first round match on Tuesday.
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