Rohan Bopanna-Colin Fleming in semis of ATP Open 13

Marseille:  Rohan Bopanna and his British partner Colin Fleming fought their way to the semifinals of the ATP Open 13, edging past James Cerretani and Adil Shamasdin.

The second seeded Indo-British pair overcame a stiff resistance from the American-Canadian pair for 6-3 6-7(2) 10-7 win in the quarter-finals of the euro 528,135 hard court event.

Bopanna and Fleming next face third seeded pair of Austria's Julian Knowle and Slovakia's Filip Polasek, who had an easy 6-4 6-2 win over Jerzy Janowicz and Frederik Nielsen.

India's singles challenge had ended with the defeat of Somdev Devvarman, who went down fighting against Australia's Bernard Tomic in the second round.