Mahesh Bhupathi and Radek Stepanek advanced into the doubles final at the Dubai Duty Free tennis tournament after beating second seeds Paul Hanley and Kevin Ullyett in a grueling semi-final on Friday.

The Indo-Czech pair beat the Australia-Zimbabwe duo via the super tie-breaker 4-6, 6-3, 10-8.

In the final, they will meet the winner of the other semi-final between top seeds Mark Knowles/Daniel Nestor and third seeds Fabrice Santoro/Nenad Zimonjic.