India's top doubles pair Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan entered the semi-finals of Sofia Open in Bulgaria, defeating the local pair Alexander Donski and Alexandar Lazarov 6-3, 6-1.
The duo will face Indonesia's Christopher Rungkat and Hsieh Cheng-Peng of Chinese Taipei in the semifinal encounter this evening.
However, Indian pair of Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Purav Raja went down fighting to Nikola Mektic of
Croatia and Jurgen Melzer of Austria 5-7, 6-4, 10-5 in another semi-final.
Sofia Open is a men's ATP World Tour 250 series tournament played on indoor hard courts in Bulgaria.
In a similar ATP event in France, Indo French pair of Leander Paes and Benoit Paire was beaten 6-3, 7-6 by the Croatian - french top seeds, Ivan Dodig and Edouard Roger-Vasselin.