Bopanna-Qureshi in semis

Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul Haq Qureshi stayed on course for a fourth successive title after storming into the semi-finals of the US $50,000 ATP Challenger in Bronx, New York.

The fourth seeds defeated the French duo of David Guez and Nicolas Tourte 6-2, 7-6(1) in the quarter-finals.

The 'Indo-Pak Express', which won a hat-trick of titles in Europe a week ago, overcame Denis Gremelmayr of Germany and the Czech Republic's Lukas Rosol 6-4, 4-6, 10-4 in the first round.

Bopanna and Qureshi were up against Jim Thomas of the US and Steve Darcis of Belgium in the semi-finals.

Meanwhile, Karan Rastogi bowed out of the US $35,000 Challenger event in Bukhara, Uzbekistan, after a 6-4, 6-2 loss to home favourite Denis Istomin in the first round.