Melborne, Jan 26: Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi beat French-Serbian combination of Micheal Lodra and Nenad Zimonjic on Jan 26 to enter the semifinals of Australian Open 2011 Men's double.

The Indian pair aiming for their first Australian Open title across any category sealed an emphatic 6-4 6-4 victory over the French-Serbian duo.

In the semi-finals they will meet either the pair of Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor or Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski.

Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi, popularly known as the Indian Express have after a gap of nine years set aside their personal differences to come together and play. They are seeded third in the Australian Open 2011.

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