Indian Tennis Star Leander Paes and Daniel Nestor beat Marc Lopez and Rafael Nadal in straight sets to enter the semifinals of the ATP Aegon Championships.
The third-seeded Indo-Canadian pair got the better of the Spanish pair 7-6(3), 6-4 in the quarterfinals of the € 1,696,645 grass court tournament. The two pairs broke each other one time in the first set before Paes and Nestor prevailed in the tie-break to nose ahead.
In the second set, the winning pair saved the only breakpoint they faced, and managed to break the rival pair one time out of three chances, closing the contest in their favour after one hour and 11 minutes.
The duo will be playing against second seeds Marcin Matkowski of Poland and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia in the semifinals tomorrow.