India's Leander Paes and his Czech partner Lukas Dlouhy booked a berth in the final of the French Open at the Roland Garros on Thursday.
The third seeded duo beat No 10 seeds Julian Knowle and Andy Ram 6-4, 6-2 in a 75-minute encounter and will attempt to win their third major title in four final appearances.
The defending champions face second seeds Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic next.
The Canadian-Serbian combine beat fourth seeds Wesley Moodie and Dick Norman 6-0, 6-3 in 55 minutes.
If Paes and Dlouhy win the summit match against Nestor and Zimonjic, it will be the fourth French Open men's doubles title for the Indian ace.
Paes won the title in 1999 and 2001 with Mahesh Bhupathi, and then with Dlouhy in 2009.
With already six men's doubles and five mixed doubles Grand Slam crowns in his pocket, Paes, if he wins the final this time, will become the Indian with most Grand Slam titles -- 12, one more than his estranged partner Bhupathi.
Paes and Cara Black, who won the Australian Open mixed doubles title earlier this year, however, are already out of the French Open after losing in the quarter-finals.
Paes and Dlouhy made a rollicking start, breaking their opponents' serve in the first game, and then held their own to surge 2-0.
The defending champions then broke Knowle-Ram in the seventh game to go 5-2 up and wrapped the first set 6-4 in 37 minutes.
A set up, Paes and Dlouhy did not show any complacency and won five points in a row by breaking their opponents in the first, third and fifth games to go 5-0 up in the second set.
Knowle and Ram made a last-ditch fightback and narrowed the gap to 5-2, but it was too little and too late as Paes and Dlouhy won the second set 6-2 in 38 minutes.
