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India's Rohan Bopanna and Ramkumar Ramanathan registered a resounding straight-set win to cruise into the doubles semi-finals but it was the end of the road for compatriot Sania Mirza and her Ukrainian partner Nadiia Kichenok, in Adelaide, on Friday.
Bopanna and Ramkumar trounced the French-Monegasque duo of Benjamin Bonzi and Hugo Nys 6-1, 6-3 in the quarterfinals of the Adelaide International 1 ATP 250 men's event.
However, Sania and Kichenok endured a bad day in the office as the two failed to make the summit clash of the Adelaide International 1 WTA event.
The duo put up a fiery fight but eventually lost 1-6, 6-2, 8-10 in the semi-finals against local favourites Ashleigh Barty and Storm Sanders in one hour five minutes.
The unseeded Indian pair of veteran Bopanna and Ramkumar will take on fourth seeded Bosnian-Mexican duo of Tomislav Brkic and Santiago Gonzalez for a spot in the final.
The two Indians are pairing up for the first time on the ATP tour.
Should Bopanna and Ramkumar continue their good show the two may pair up for India's Davis Cup tie against Denmark scheduled to be played in New Delhi in March.
The two Adelaide events are tune up tournaments for the Australian Open, starting in Melbourne from January 17.