{"id":1161,"date":"2011-11-26T05:30:45","date_gmt":"2011-11-26T05:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=1161"},"modified":"2011-11-26T05:30:45","modified_gmt":"2011-11-26T05:30:45","slug":"indian-express-in-semis-of-world-tour-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=1161","title":{"rendered":"Indian Express in semis of World Tour Finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>London: <\/strong>Fourth seeds Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes qualified for the semi-finals at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals after they beat top seeds and three-time former champions Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan 6-4, 6-2 in just 58 minutes on Friday evening.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bhupathi and Paes dropped just 12 points on serve and converted three of five break point opportunities against the American twins to finish top of Group A with a 2-1 record.<\/p>\n<p>Had the Bryans &#8211; who had already qualified &#8211; won in straight sets, then seventh seeds Jurgen Melzer and Philipp Petzschner would have qualified for the semi-finals. Earlier in the day, Melzer and Petzschner beat sixth seeds Robert Lindstedt and Horia Tecau 6-3, 6-4.<\/p>\n<p>In a rivalry dating back to 2001, Bhupathi and Paes drew first blood when they broke Mike Bryan&#8217;s serve to 30 in the third game &#8211; when Mike hit a double fault. The Indians remained rock solid on serve, never facing a break point in the two teams&#8217; sixth meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Bhupathi closed out the 31-minute set with a hold to love, finishing with a second ace. &#8216;The Indian Express&#8217; dropped seven points on serve, converting one of four break point opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>Bob Bryan came under pressure in the first game of the second set, losing his serve to 15, as high-energy and aggressive net play from Bhupathi and Paes rushed the Americans into a number of errors. At 1-3, Bob was broken, again, to love. Paes coolly clinched victory with an ace at 40\/30. Bhupathi and Paes had won 26 of their 31 first service points and won 54 total points to 39.<\/p>\n<p>Bhupathi and Paes, who will partner other players in 2012, have a 32-13 match record on the season. They have won three titles this year at the Aircel Chennai Open (d. Haase-Martin), the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami (d. Mirnyi-Nestor) and the Western &amp; Southern Open in Cincinnati (d. Llodra-Zimonjic). They also finished runners up to the Bryans at the Australian Open in January.<\/p>\n<p>Bhupathi and Paes will challenge the second-placed team in Group B, Poles Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski in the second semi-final.<\/p>\n<p>Courtesy: http:\/\/www.atpworldtour.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>London: <\/strong>Fourth seeds Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes qualified for the semi-finals at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals after they beat top seeds and three-time former champions Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan 6-4, 6-2 in just 58 minutes on Friday evening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-latest"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Indian Express in semis of World Tour Finals - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; 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