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Bhupathi-Knowles in Monte Carlo final

April 26, 2008 17:25 IST

Fourth seeds Mahesh Bhupathi [ Images ] and Mark Knowles [ Images ] entered the final of the Monte Carlo Masters on Saturday with a 6-0, 7-5 victory over Jeff Coetzee and Wesley Moodie [ Images ].

Bhupathi, who recorded his 500th doubles victory on Friday, will play the fourth final of the season with Bahamas' Knowles. The duo ended runners-up against Mike and Bob Bryan at the last tournament-- Miami [ Images ] Masters-- and won back-to-back titles in Memphis and Dubai [ Images ].

South Africa's [ Images ] Coetzee and Moodie, who won the Estoril Open last week, beat the top-seeded Bryan twins en route to the semi-final on their Monte Carlo debut.

Bhupathi-Knowles will meet the winner of the second semi-final between Rafael Nadal [ Images ]/Tommy Robredo [ Images ] and experienced eighth seeds Jonas Bjorkman [ Images ]/Kevin Ullyett.