The Indian pair of Mahesh Bhupathi andRohan Bopanna stood just win away from for its second ATPmen's doubles title together this season after advancing tothe BNP Paribas Masters final here.
Fifth seeds Bhupathi and Bopanna defeated Paul Hanley andJonathan Marray 7-5, 6-3. The Indians saved all five breakpoints faced on serve while capitalising on two of theiropportunities to emerge triumphant.
Bhupathi and Bopanna will be attempting to win theirsecond title of the season following their triumph at theDubai Duty Free Tennis Championships.
They were finalists earlier this year at a pair of ATPWorld Tour Masters 1000 tournaments -- the Western andSouthern Open in Cincinnati and the Shanghai Rolex Masters.
They will be up against seventh seeds Aisam-Ul-HaqQureshi and Jean-Julien Rojer in the finals. Qureshi and Rojerrallied past Marin Cilic and Marcelo Melo 0-6 6-4 11-9 intheir semifinal clash.
They are through to their third final of the season afterlifting trophies at the Estoril Open and Gerry Weber Open inHalle.
Qureshi is bidding for a successful title defence inParis, having captured it last year with Bopanna. Rojer willcontest his first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final.