Leander Paes and Raven Klaasen reach Chennai Open doubles final

Leander Paes (L) and Raven Klaasen

Chennai, January 9 (IANS)

The scratch combination of Leander Paes and South African Raven Klaasen eased into the doubles final of the ATP Aircel Chennai Open here on Friday with a comfortable 6-3, 6-3 win over Spaniards Pablo Carreno Busta and Guillermo Garcia Lopez.

The top-seeded Paes and Klaasen await the winners of the other semi-final to be played on Saturday between the pairs of Yen-Hsun Lu (Taipei)-Jonathan Marray (Britain) and Purav Raja (India)-Adil Shamsdin (Canada).

The results:

Semi-finals:

Leander Paes (IND) / Raven Klaasen (RSA) bt Pablo Carreno Busta / Guillermo Garcia Lopez (ESP) 6-3, 6-3

Quarter-finals:

Yen-Hsun LuA (TPE) / Jonathan Marray (GBR) bt Andre Begemann (GER) / Robin Haase (NED) 3-6, 7-6(2), 10-6