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Bopanna and his Canadian partner, seeded seventh left Andrea Hlavackova and Edouard Roger-Vasselin, seeded third, in marvel by defeating them by 7-5 6-3 in the semifinals.
They will now face Germany's Anna-Lena Groenefeld and Colombia's Robert Farah, who crushed Casey Dellacqua and Rajeev Ram 6-7(5) 6-3 10-5 in other semifinal contest.
It is the second time that Bopanna has made towards the summit clash of a Grand Slam. In 2010, he had reached the final of US Open men's doubles with Pakistani partner Aisam-ul-haq-Qureshi and lost to veteran Bryan brothers --Bob and Mike.
Only three Indians, the legends: Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza have been able to earn a Grand Slam Trophy and now Bopanna is on the field to carry the legacy.
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