BOPANNA-CUEVAS ENTER SEMIS

Indian star Rohan Bopanna and his Uruguayan partner Pablo Cuevas won a tough three-set battle against Henri Kontinen of Finland and Australia›s John Peers to enter the men›s doubles semi-finals of the Monte-Carlo Masters tennis tournament here. Bopanna and Cuevas lost the first set and were made to toil hard before clinching a 3-6, 6-3, 13-11 win in their quarter-final clash which lasted for around one hour and 12 minutes late on Friday night. The Indo-Uruguayan combination will now contest Romain Arneodo of Poland and Hugo Nys of France for a place in the final. Arneodo and Nys defeated Jamie Murray of Britain and Brazil›s Bruno Soares 6-2, 6-7, 10-3 in the quarter-finals.