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Leander Paes-Andre Begemann enter semis of Tashkent challenge

Indian tennis ace Leander Paes and his German partner Andre Begemann eked out a fighting win over Oleksandr Nedovyesov of Kazakhstan and Ukraine's Denys Molchanov to enter the semifinals of the men's doubles event at

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Indian tennis ace Leander Paes and his German partner Andre Begemann eked out a fighting win over Oleksandr Nedovyesov of Kazakhstan and Ukraine's Denys Molchanov to enter the semifinals of the men's doubles event at the Tashkent ATP Challenger on Wednesday.

Seeded third, Paes and Begemann had to sweat it out to register a close 4-6, 6-4, 10-8 win in the super tie-breaker over their rivals.

The Indo-German combination came back from being 2-4 down in the super tie-break to wrap up the match.

Paes and Begemann will now face local wild card pair of Sanjar Fayziev and Jurabeck Karimov in the last four.

Fayziev and Karimov got a walkover from Mirza Basic of Bosnia and Slovakia's Blaz Kavcic in the quarterfinals.