Leander Paes and Yen-Hsun Lu of Chinese Taipei shocked top seeds and 14-time Grand Slam men’s doubles champions Bob and Mike Bryan of the United States 7-6(4), 2-6, [10-7] in the quarterfinals of the ATP Tour event in Delray Beach.
In the semifinals, the Indo-Taipei duo will face third seeds Treat Huey of Philippines and Max Mirnyi of Belarus.
Meanwhile, in the $15,000 ITF men’s Futures in Florida, Ramkumar Ramanathan was beaten in the quarterfinals but made the doubles final with Jaume Pla Malfeito of Spain.
In a similar tournament in Egypt, the Sood brothers, Chandril and Lakshit, were beaten in the doubles final.
The results:
$599,345 ATP, Delray Beach, USA: Doubles (quarterfinals): Yen Hsun Lu (Tpe) & Leander Paes bt Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan (USA) 7-6(4), 2-6, [10-7].
$15,000 ITF men, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt: Doubles (final): Colin van Beem & Sem Verbeek (Ned) bt Chandril Sood & Lakshit Sood 6-3, 6-2.
$15,000 ITF men, Florida, USA: Singles (quarterfinals): Rhyne Williams (US) bt Ramkumar Ramanathan 6-4, 7-5.
Pre-quarterfinals: Ramkumar bt Raleigh Smith (USA) 6-2, 6-0; First round: Ramkumar bt Victor Nunez (Chi) 6-3, 6-2.
Doubles (semifinals): Jaume Pla Malfeito (Esp) & Ramkumar bt Joey Jones (USA) & Thomas Knights (GBr) 4-6, 6-4, 10-5;
Quarterfinals: Jaume Pla & Ramkumar bt Gonzales Austin & Raleigh Smith (USA) 6-4, 6-1; Pre-quarterfinals: Jaume Pla & Ramkumar bt Isaiah Strode & Ty Trombetta (USA) 6-1, 6-3.
