St Petersburg (Russia): India’s Leander Paes and Purav Raja have progressed to the semi-finals of the ATP World Tour of the St. Petersburg Open with a straight-set win over Marcus Daniell and Marcelo Demoliner.

The Indians defeated the pair from New Zealand and Brazil pair 6-4 6-2.

The Indian duo will now clash with Chilean J. Peralta and Argentinian H. Zeballos in the semi-finals of the tournament.

The Indians had erlier brushed aside the challenge of the Italian-American 6-3 6-4 in one hour and seven minutes.