Indian doubles specialist Mahesh Bhupathi and partner Max Mirnyi of Belarus entered the final of the $556,000 ATP Tour tennis event at Estoril, Portugal, on Friday.

They defeated Jiri Novak and Petr Pala of the Czech Republic 6-3, 6-2 in the semi-finals.

In the final, they meet Argentina's Lucas Arnold and Mariano Hood, who battled their way past Gaston Etlis and Martin  Rodriguez, also of Argentina, 7-6(1), 6-7(5), 6-4 in the other semi-final.