Purav and Marcelo upset 3rd seeds to reach semis in Zagreb

India's Purav Raja and his Brazilian partner Marcelo Demoliner reached the semifinals of the ATP 250 event after shocking third seeded pair of Julian Knowle and Johan Brunstrom, here.

The unseeded Indo-Brazilian combo eked out a 6-3 7-5 win over Austrian-Swede pair in the quarter finals of the euro 426,605 hard court indoor tournament.

They will next take on second seed Dutch-Romanian pair of Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau for a place in the first final of the season.