Leander Paes seems to have hit a purple patch as he carries on with his winning streak with his Italian partner Daniele Braccialias as the Indo-Italian duo stormed into the semifinals of the Thailand Open in Bangkok after getting the better off the Colombian pair of Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah in a three-set thriller.
The Colombian pair of Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah did not give up without a fight as the scoreline of 6-7(4) 7-6(8) 10-8 would suggest in the quarterfinal match that lasted for over two hours.
The Indo-Italian pair of Leander Paes and Daniele Braccialias will be up against Jamie Murray of Scotland and John Peers of Australia in the semifinals.
Somdev- De Voest makes it to Malasia Open last four
On the other hand, Somdev Devvarman along with his South African partner Rik De Voest surprised everyone with a win over second seeds Nenan Zimonjic of Serbia and Julien Benneteau of Switzerland in the quarterfinals of the Malaysia Open in Kuala Lumpur.
Somdev and de Voest were in thier elements as they went on to win 3-6 6-4 10-7 in the quarterfinal match that lasted one hour and 12 minutes.