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Paes-Begemann in semi finals of Tashkent ATP Challenger

October 12, 2016 19:24 IST

IMAGE: Leander Paes (left) and partner Andre Begemann celebrate.

Third seeds Leander Paes and Andre Begemann secured a close 4-6,6-4,10-8 win over Oleksandr Nedovyesov of Kazakhstan and Denys Molchanov of Ukraine to enter the semifinals of the doubles event at the ninth edition of the Tashkent ATP Challenger at the Olympic Tennis School in Tashkent on Wednesday.

Paes and Begemann came back from being 2-4 down in the Match tiebreak to wrap the issue after  Leander's splendid court craft to level scores.

They will take on local wildcards  Sanjar Fayziev and  Jurabeck Karimov  who got a walkover from  Mirza Basic of Bosnia Herzegovina  an Blaz Kavcic of Slovakia.

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