New Delhi: Fourth seeds Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi got the better of Somdev Devvarman and his Filipino partner Treat Conrad Huey in straight sets to advance to the quarter-finals of the men’s doubles event at the 2011 US Open on Monday.
The fourth seeded Indian pair prevailed over Somdev and Treat 6-4, 7-5 in a pre-quarter-final clash that lasted for an hour and 32 minutes.
The Indian Express will now take on the sixth-seeded Polish pair of Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski for a place in the last-four.
Fyrstenberg and Matkowski defeated the British duo of Jaime Delgado and Jonathan Marray 6-7 (5-7), 6-2 , 6-3 to enter the last-eight.
Somdev and Treat had their moments in the game as the duo troubled the Indian pair with their aces, but a series of unforced errors and failure to convert as many as five break-points put paid to their hopes.
The Indian Express, on the other hand, stayed away from unforced errors and converted two break points out of the seven that came their way. They also hit 37 winners as compared to the 30 sent down by Somdev and Treat.
Another Indian, Rohan Bopanna and his Pakistani partner Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi are also in the quarter-finals and will take on unseeded British pair of Colin Fleming and Ross Hutchins for a place in the semis.
(With inputs from PTI)
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