The Indian pair of Mahesh Bhupathi andRohan Bopanna booked the final berth at the Barclays ATP WorldTour Finals in London after advancing to the semifinals of theBNP Paribas Masters here.
In a winner-take-all quarter-final clash yesterday fifthseeds Bhupathi and Bopanna defeated the Polish Power pair ofMariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski 6-7(5), 6-3, 10-4.
They will now be up against the Australian-Britihcombination of Paul Hanley and Jonathan Marray.
Bhupathi and Bopanna will make their team debut at theseason finale.
The 38-year-old Bhupathi is a four-time runner-up at theevent, losing in the final in 2010 (w/Max Mirnyi) and 1997,'99 and 2000 with Leander Paes.
Bopanna, 32, made his debut at the year-end championshipslast year, partnering Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi.
The Indian pairing joined forces this season and havecompiled a 29-20 match record. They won their first title atthe Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships and were runners-upat ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments in Cincinnati andShanghai.
Seventh seeds Qureshi and Jean-Julien Rojer, who havealso qualified for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, reachedthe semi-finals in Paris with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over secondseeds Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor.