Bopanna-Ebden pair sails into French Open semis

The Indo-Australian duo of Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden secured a spot in the French Open semifinals after a convincing victory over Belgium's Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen in the men's doubles quarterfinals in Paris on Wednesday. The second-seeded pair triumphed 7-6 (3), 5-7, 6-1 at Court Suzanne Lenglen, needing just one hour and four minutes to dispatch the 10th-seeded Belgian team in the year's second Grand Slam.