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Wednesday, Sep 08, 2004

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Paes-Martina pair moves into semifinals

NEW DELHI, SEPT. 7 Leander Paes and Martina Navratilova stayed on course for yet another grandslam title as they sailed into the mixed doubles semifinals in the US Open Tennis Championships in New York.

The Indian partnering the American legend defeated Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova of Russia and Max Mirnyi of Belarus 6-4, 6-4 on Monday and set up a clash with Australian duo of Alicia Molik and Todd Woodbrige in the last four stage.

In the other semifinals, top seeds Daniel Nestor of Canada and Rennae Stubbs of Australia will take on fourth seeds Bob Bryan of USA and Vera Zvonareva of Russia.

At the Arthur Ashe Stadium, Paes-Martina, seeded eighth, broke Sharapova's serve to clinch the first set and then won another crucial break in the second set breaking Mirnyi to pocket the match in straight sets.

Bhupathi and Mirnyi crash out

Mahesh Bhupathi pairing with Mirnyi crashed out of the men's doubles in the third round. The fourth seeded duo lost to Spaniards Rafael Nadal and Tommy Robredo 4-6, 4-6. — PTI

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