Marray-Nielsen make ATP World Tour Finals semifinals

LONDON: Wimbledon champions Jonathan Murray of Britain and Mark Nielsen of Denmark shocked the world no.2 pairing of Canada's Daniel Nestor and Max Mirnyi or Belarus 7-6, 4-6, 12-10 in 1 hour and 40 minutes to become the first team from Group B to qualify for the semifinals of the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals.
Marray and Nielsen, who've barely played together this year, stuck to their task admirably against a pairing that struggled to ride the wave when on top.
Wednesday's result leaves Nielsen and Marray, who still have one more match to play in the league stage against Sweden's Robert Lindstedt and Romanian Horia Tecau, with two wins.
While Nestor-Mirnyi and the Mahesh Bhupathi-Rohan Bopanna pair each have one-win-one-loss records.
Friday's clash between the world no.2 pair Nestor-Mirnyi and the fifth-ranked team Bhupathi-Bopanna will decide which pair will make Sunday's semifinal.