Mahesh Bhupathi [ Images ] and his Croatian partner Mario Ancic stormed into the final of the Beijing [ Images ] Open ATP tennis tournament, defeating Kristian Pless of Denmark and Danai Udomchoke of Thailand in straight sets in Beijing on Saturday.

The Indo-Croat duo did not allow their opponents to settle down and dominated the match throughout with some excellent passing shots and powerful serves to score a 6-1, 6-2 victory.

In Sunday's final, Bhupathi and Ancic will meet Michael Berrer of Germany [ Images ] and Kenneth Carlsen of Denmark.

For Ancic, it will be a grueling Sunday, as he has also entered the final of the men's singles and would face Marcos Baghdatis [ Images ] from Cyprus, who defeated Paradorn Srichaphan [ Images ] of Thailand 6-2, 3-6, 7-5 in an exciting semi-final.

Earlier, in the first semi-final, Michael Berrer of Germany and Kenneth Carlsen of Denmark beat China's Yu Xinyuan and Zeng Shaoxuan 6-3, 6-4 to enter the final.