MELBOURNE: India's Rohan Bopanna and his Hungarian partner Timea Babos will face Spanish-Brazilian team of Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez and Marcelo Demoliner in the semi-finals of the Australian Open here on Friday.

The Indo-Hungarian pair reached the last four after defeating USA's Abigail Spears and Colombia's Juan Sebastian Cabal 6-4, 7-6 in one hour, 15 minutes.

In another semi-final of the mixed doubles, duo of Brazil's Bruno Soares and Russia's Ekaterina Makarova Russia will meet Croatia's Mate Pavic and Gabriela Dabrowski of Canada.