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Pakistani Aisam Ui Qureshi (L) speaks with his Indian tennis doubles partner Rohan Bopanna (R) during the double match semi-final against Argentine Juan Ignacio Chela and Brazilian Bruno Soares. -AFP Photo

KARACHI: Sixth seeded pair of Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and Rohan Bopanna, were beaten by the unseeded Argentine-Brazlian duo of Juan Ignacio Chela and Bruno Soares 6-2, 6-7(4), 10-7 in the Monte Carlo ATP Masters Tennis Championship semi-final.

Qureshi-Bopanna, dubbed the “Indo-Pak Express”, had previously defeated second seeded duo of Daniel Nestor and Max Mirny in straight sets in the quarter-final.

Chela and Soares, who took 88 minutes to win, will now face the Bryan brothers in the final.

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