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Bopanna-Qureshi stun the Bryans

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CREATING A FLUTTER:Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and Rohan Bopanna (right) beat the Bryan brothers in the Legg Mason Tennis Classic.

WASHINGTON: Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi pulled off the biggest win of their career by upsetting world record holders Mike and Bob Bryan in the quarterfinals of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic here on Friday.

The unseeded Indo-Pak pair recorded a stunning 7-6(6), 7-5 win to avenge last week's defeat at the Farmers Classic. Bopanna and Qureshi will now take on Mardy Fish and Mark Knowles in the semifinals.

“This victory is really satisfying on many levels. After the Bryan brothers beat us last week, this win showed that we were able to analyse what went wrong, correct those faults and come back to beat these tough players.

“Both Aisam and I know that our game has been improving steadily and we have the confidence and ability to be amongst the best,” Bopanna said.

Bopanna and Qureshi fired 17 aces as they sealed victory over the reigning ATP World Tour doubles champions in 80 minutes.

Nalbandian in last four

In singles, former World No. 3 David Nalbandian, who has missed the past six Grand Slams with injuries, reached his first ATP semifinal in 18 months. The 117th-ranked Argentine rallied to beat Frenchman Gilles Simon 3-6, 6-2, 6-3.

The results (quarterfinals):

At Washington: ATP Legg Mason Tennis Classic: Xavier Malisse bt Tomas Berdych 6-4, 3-6, 6-2; Marcos Baghdatis bt Fernando Verdasco 7-6(3), 6-4; David Nalbandian bt Gilles Simon 3-6, 6-2, 6-3; Marin Cilic bt Janko Tipsarevic 7-6(4), 6-4.

At San Diego: WTA San Diego Open: Flavia Pennetta bt Samantha Stosur 6-4, 6-3; Svetlana Kuznetsova bt Coco Vandeweghe 7-5, 6-2; Daniela Hantuchova bt Alisa Kleybanova 2-6, 6-4, 6-3; Agnieszka Radwanska bt Shahar Peer 6-2, 6-0 . — Agencies

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