NEW YORK: Leander Paes, partnering Czech's Martin Damm, sailed into the semifinals of the men's doubles at the US Open.
The sixth seed Indo-Czech pair registered a 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 win over Czech Leos Friedl and Mikhail Youzhny of Russia in the quarterfinals on Thursday.
In the third round on Tuesday, Paes and Damm defeated Jarkko Nieminen of Finland and Graydon Oliver of the United States 6-4, 6-2 to book a quarterfinal berth.
Paes bowed out of the mixed doubles on September 1 Paes and his Australian partner Samantha Stosur, seeded third, suffered a first round defeat to the unseeded Belarussian pair of Max Mirnyi and Victoria Azarenka.
There was good news from the junior section also as India's Rupesh Roy and Venezuela's Roberto Maytin entered the quarterfinals with a 6-4 6-4 win over Russian Vladimir Zinyakov and Japan's Tatsuma Ito.
They will face the American team of Jarmere Jenkins and Austin Krajicek, who got the better of Australian Greg Jones and Chilean Hans Podlipnik 4-6 7-5 7-6 (7/5).
