Indian Wells (USA), March 12 India's Yuki Bhambri reached his first ATP Masters 1000 semifinal as he and his Swedish partner, Goran Goransson, defeated Alexander Erler and Andrea Vavassori in straight sets in Indian Wells here.
The 33-year-old Indian had previously reached the doubles quarterfinals at the Masters 1000 level twice.
Bhambri and Goransson defeated the Austrian-Italian pair 6-3 7-6 in the quarterfinals that lasted over one hour 30 minutes.
The Indo-Swedish duo dominated on their first serve, winning 83 per cent of the points (29/35), which proved crucial in winning the second-set tie-break and closing out the match.
They will face France's Arthur Rinderknech and Monaco's Valentin Vacherot in the semifinals on Friday.
Rinderknech and Vacherot defeated the Russian duo of Andrey Rublev and Karen Khachanov 6-3 6-4 in their quarterfinal.