Mirnyi, Bjorkman advance to Stella Artoia semi-finals

Belarus's Max Mirnyi and Sweden's Jonas Bjorkman have advanced to the semi-finals at the Stella Artoia Championship tennis tournament in London with the prize fund of EUR680,250.

The seed No2 Belarus-Swedish duo yesterday crashed in the 1/4 final game Jaroslav Levinski and David Skoch of the Czech Republic 7:6 (8:6), 6:7 (3:7), 12:10 (tie-break).

In the semi-finals, Mirnyi and Bjorkman will play seed No4 Mark Noles of Bagamas and Daniel Nester from Canada.

The Belarusian and the Sweden reached the finals of this tournament last year, reports Belapan.

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