Bhupathi-Lareau pair upsets world's best

Eighth seed doubles pair of Mahesh Bhupathi and Canada's Sebastian Lareau upset topseed Jonas Bjorkman of Sweden and Todd Woodbridge of Australia to move into the semi-finals of the $800,000 RCA Tennis doubles event in Indianapolis on Friday.

The Indian-Canadian combination, which took shape after Leander Paes opted for a two-week rest, ousted Bjorkman-Woodbridge in three sets 6-4 3-6 6-1.

The second and third seed teams were also knocked-out in the quarters. Fifth seed Mark Knowles of Bahamas and Brian MacPhie of United States beat second seed Max Mirnyi of Belarus and Sandon Stolle of Australia 7-6 (7/4) 6-4.

No. 3 seed Ellis Ferreira of South Africa and Rich Leach of United States lost to seventh seed Chris Haggard of South Africa and Tom Vanhoudt of Belgium 6-7 (3/7) 3-6.