08 September,2010 06:28 AM IST | | Agencies
Indo-Pak pair shock 10th seeds moodie-norman in quarters
India's Rohan Bopanna and his Pakistani partner Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi continued their dream run at the US Open last night with a superb 7-5, 7-6 win in the men's doubles quarter-finals against the South African-Belgian combo of Wesley Moodie and Dick Norman.
India's Rohan Bopanna (left) and his Pakistani partner Aisam-ul-Haq
Qureshi
The Indo-Pak pair seeded 16th here are having a blast at the Flushing Meadows. In the quarter-finals they beat the tournament's title contenders and Number Two seeds Daniel Nestor of Canada and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia in straight sets 6-3, 6-4. And yesterday it was the turn of 10th seeds Moodie and Norman to suffer at the hands of Bopanna and Qureshi.
In the semis, Bops-Qureshi take on the Argentine pair of Eduardo Schwank and Horacio Zeballos, who schocked fifth seeds Lukasz Kubot and Oliver Marach.
Paes-Black ousted in quarters
India's most capped Davis cupper Leander Paes and his Zimbabwean partner Cara Black were ousted from the US Open mixed doubles event last night. Paes-Black lost 3-6, 4-6. to Anna-Lena Groenefeld and Mark Knowles in the quarter-finals.
