 New York: Leander Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek stormed into the semifinals of the US Open men`s doubles event after getting the better of Julian Knowle of Austria and Slovakia`s Filip Polasek in straight sets here.
The fifth-seeded Indo-Czech combo took just 74 minutes to outplay their opponents 6-2, 6-4.
Paes and Stepanek, who had won the Australian Open title earlier this year, dominated from the word go in the quarterfinal match here last night.
Even as the Austrian-Slovak duo failed to earn a single breakpoint, Paes and Stepanek converted two of the five breakpoints to walk away with the match comfortably.
The Indo-Czech pair will next take on the sixth seeded Spanish combo of Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez, who had defeated Bruno Soares of Brazil and Austria`s Alexander Peya 6-3, 6-4.
PTI
First Published: Thursday, September 6, 2012, 12:17
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