Bopanna-Cuevas enter Monte Carlo semis

Roquebrune Cap Martin (France) April 22 (IANS) 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.

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