Paes advances, Bhupathi out of US Open

New York, Sep 2 (PTI) Leander Paes continued his winning
run to advance to the mixed doubles' semifinals but it was
curtains for Mahesh Bhupathi at the U.S. Open here.

Paes, already through to the men's doubles quarterfinals
with partner Czech Lukas Dlouhy, teamed up with Zimbabwean
Cara Black in the mixed doubles competition.

The fifth-seeded duo defeated the Czech pair of Martin
Damm and Vladimira Uhlirova 7-5 6-2. Paes and Black will now
take on the Swedish-Russian team of Jonas Bjorkman and Nadia
Petrova in the last-four stage.

Bhupathi, who was earlier ousted from the mixed doubles
competition, crashed out of the men's doubles with a stunning
third-round loss.

The Indian and his Bahamian partner Mark Knowles, seeded
fourth, squandered a set's advantage to go down 6-2 4-6 4-6 to
unseeded Argentines Maximo Gonzalez and Juan Monaco in the
third round of the season's last Grand Slam.

There was further disappointment in the junior section
where fifth seeds Yuki Bhambri and Serbian partner Filip
Krajinovic lost 1-6 6-5 7-10 to Zimbabwe's Takanyi Garanganga
and Egyptian Karim-Mohamed Maamoun in the first round.