{"id":4008,"date":"2012-03-29T03:31:44","date_gmt":"2012-03-29T03:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=4008"},"modified":"2012-03-29T03:31:44","modified_gmt":"2012-03-29T03:31:44","slug":"sony-ericsson-open-paes-stepanek-in-semis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=4008","title":{"rendered":"Sony Ericsson Open: Paes-Stepanek in semis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-3236\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/paes-stepanek_iw.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Sony Ericsson Open: Paes-Stepanek in semis\" style=\"float: left; margin: 6px;\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/paes-stepanek_iw.jpg 200w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/paes-stepanek_iw-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Miami<\/strong>: Seventh seeded pair of <a href=\"search.html?cx=partner-pub-2004395898380537%3A5221044443&amp;cof=FORID%3A10&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=Leander+Paes&amp;sa=Search\" title=\"http:\/\/www.indiansportsnews.com\/search.html?cx=partner-pub-2004395898380537%3A5221044443&amp;cof=FORID%3A10&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=Leander+Paes&amp;sa=Search\">Leander Paes<\/a> of India and his Czech partner <a href=\"search.html?cx=partner-pub-2004395898380537%3A5221044443&amp;cof=FORID%3A10&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=Radek+Stepanek&amp;sa=Search\" title=\"http:\/\/www.indiansportsnews.com\/search.html?cx=partner-pub-2004395898380537%3A5221044443&amp;cof=FORID%3A10&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=Radek+Stepanek&amp;sa=Search\">Radek Stepanek<\/a> defeated Spaniards David Marrero and Fernando Verdasco in straight sets, 7-6 (6), 6-4, to enter the semifinals here Wednesday in the first doubles match played on the stadium court in this year&#8217;s<a href=\"search.html?cx=partner-pub-2004395898380537%3A5221044443&amp;cof=FORID%3A10&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=Sony+Ericsson+Open&amp;sa=Search\" title=\"http:\/\/www.indiansportsnews.com\/search.html?cx=partner-pub-2004395898380537%3A5221044443&amp;cof=FORID%3A10&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=Sony+Ericsson+Open&amp;sa=Search\"> Sony Ericsson Open<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Paes and Stepanek played superior tennis, committing 11 unforced errors and hitting 21 winners, including a fine forehand smash by Paes to finish the match.<\/p>\n<p>Paes and Stepanek have partnered to win all six sets thus far in the tournament and are now 12-2 as a team in 2012. <\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;ll meet the top seeds Bob and Mike Bryan of the United States in the semifinal. <\/p>\n<p>The Bryan brothers have also won all six sets so far. However, Paes and Stepanek were able to beat them 7-6 (1), 6-2, in the doubles final of the Australian Open in January. <\/p>\n<p>A week prior to that match, the Bryans needed two tiebreaks to overcome Paes and Stepanek 7-6 (5), 7-6 (7) in a quarterfinal at Sydney.<\/p>\n<p>Paes&#8217; compatriots Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna, seeded sixth here, are already through to the semifinals, outlasting No. 3 seeds Michael Llodra of France and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia, 2-6, 6-3, 10-8, Wednesday. <\/p>\n<p>The Indians will next take on the winner of the other quarter-final between the Polish-Serbian duo of Lukasz Kubot-Janko Tipsarevic and Max Mirnyi of Belarus and Daniel Nestor of Canada.<\/p>\n<p>The Indian combo, who had recently won the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, saved as many as four breakpoints out of six against the French-Serbian pair.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miami: Seventh seeded pair of Leander Paes of India and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek defeated Spaniards David Marrero and Fernando Verdasco in straight sets, 7-6 (6), 6-4, to enter the semifinals here Wednesday in the first doubles match played on the stadium court in this year&#8217;s Sony Ericsson Open. 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