They comprehensively outplayed the Czech pairing of Frantisek Cermak and Leos Friedl in straight sets on Sunday.
Keisuke Honda announced his retirement from international football following Japan's elimination from the World Cup at the hands of Belgium on Monday night.
Sharapova was broken in the first game but fought back to draw level before going on to take the first set with a hold to love.
Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi entered the third round of the men's doubles at Wimbledon while Paes and partner David Rikl lost their second round match.
The top seeded Indo-Belarussian pair defeated Jiri Novak\n\nand Petr Pala of the Czech Republic 6-3 6-2 in the semifinals,\n\naccording to information reaching here.
The Indo-Belarussian pair, who won the US Open doubles crown last year, are the top seeds at the Estoril event.
Nandita Saha and Visakha Vijay lost in straight games
The top seeds lost to seventh seeds Gaston Etlis and Martin Rodriguez of Argentina in the quarter-finals of the Monte Carlo Masters.\n\n
He is demanding safe exit to the former soviet republic of Belarus, The Sunday Mirror said.
'The system is the same and we all have to contribute a bit more but it is impossible not to feel Messi's absence' 'But Neymar is also a leader for his playing style and what he brings to the team'
In the women's event of the Nasdaq 100 Open, second seed Venus Williams joined sister Serena in the last eight.
Top seeds Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi got a walkover in the semi-final when their opponents Cyril Suk and Martin Damm withdrew.
Bhupathi and Paes are in the separate half of the draw and may face each other in the final.
The Indian GM beat Levan Pantsulaia of Georgia to move to joint fourth place in the World junior chess championship.
Indian weightlifter Sanjita Chanu said she will challenge the provisional suspension imposed on her for allegedly failing a dope test, insisting that she is innocent.
Images from Day 4 of the French Open, at Roland Garros, in Paris.
He and Elena Likhovtseva won their second round match against Liezel Huber and Pavel Vizner at the French Open.
Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi of Belarus have been seeded second, while Paes and his Czech partner David Rikl are the fifth seeds.
The pair beat Michael Llodra and Fabrice Santoro in the final.
Grandmaster SP Sethuraman had to defend with the skin of his teeth but the effort was rewarding as he held higher ranked compatriot P Harikrishna to a draw in the first game of the second round of World Cup of Chess in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Their exit gave the Bryan twins, Mike and Bob, the year-end world No. 1 ranking.
The World No. 2 doubles pair beat Australia's Wayne Arthurs and Paul Hanley for their first victory in the ATP Masters Cup.
Images from Day 4 of the Australian Open in Melbourne on Thursday
Here is a list of US Open women's singles champions since the open era began in 1968:
The country's former Davis Cup stars moan the exit from the elite World Group for the first time in 20 years.
The US ace broke his record with a 155mph (249kph) serve as the U.S. took a 2-0 lead over Belarus in their Davis Cup semi-final.
The Wimbledon girls' doubles champion was beaten by Stephanie Dubois at the Canada Open.
The top seeds will take on seventh seeds Wayne Arthurs and Paul Hanley of Australia.
The unseeded Indian ace whipped Vitali Chevts of Belarus to set up a meeting with fifth seed Todor Enev of Bulgaria in the ITF Futures tournament.
Grandmaster Levon Aronian and Ni Hua share the lead after the sixth round in the World junior chess championships.
The top seeds beat Leander Paes and David Rikl in the semi-finals
The top seeds will take on Leander Paes and David Rikl.
Victoria Azarenka's hopes of a remarkable comeback Australian Open victory crumbled under Angelique Kerber's winners on Wednesday but the Belarusian was pleased with solid three weeks Down Under that made her feel she had turned a corner.
The Indian ace won his men's doubles and mixed doubles matches at the french Open on Saturday.
