22 August,2010 08:30 AM IST | | Agencies
India's Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi of Belarus defeated Poles Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski 6-3, 6-2 and advanced to the semi-finals of ATP Cincinnati Masters.
Bhupathi and Mirnyi beat the eighth-seeded pair in 62 minutes Friday, making it to their fourth semi-final at an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament this year.
The fourth seeds dropped nine points on serve as they improved to a 3-0 lifetime record against Fyrstenberg and Matkowsk.
In 2002, Bhupathi and Mirnyi finished as runners up to James Blake and Todd Martin here.u00a0 They will meet fifth seeds Austrians Lukasz Kubot and Oliver Marach who snapped a two-match losing streak against Frantisek Cermak and Michal Mertinak.
