Bopanna and his French partner Edouard Roger-Vasselin, seeded 14th, overcame a fighting Swede-Canadian pair of Robert Lidstedt and Daniel Nestor in a marathon five-setter 7-5 7-6 (3) 6-7 (4) 6-7 (3) 6-2 in the rain-hit match in two hours and 45 minutes at court number two.u00a0

Bopanna and Roger-Vasselin had knocked out third seeds Alexander Peya of Austria and Bruno Soares of Brazil in their previous match. It will be Bopanna's only third Grand Slam semifinal appearance and first at Wimbledon, having played US Open last-four in 2010, when he ended runners-up to American twins Mike and Bob Bryan and in 2011 when he did not go beyond the semifinal stage.