Rik De Voest of South Africa and Dmitry Tursunov of Russia defeated second seeded Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles in the quarterfinals of the doubles event of the Dubai Tennis Championship by 7-6, 6-2.

Czech-Swede pair of Martin Damm and Robert Lindstedt scored over Indian Prakash Amritraj and his partner Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi of Pakistan in the first-round of the Championship.

Bolelli and Karlovic defeated third-seeded Indo-Czech pair of Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy by 6-4, 2-6, 10-8 in the first round.