Morocco's El Aynaoui qualifies to semi-finals of Doha tennis tournament

Morocco's sixth-seeded Younes Al Aynaoui advanced on Wednesday night to semi-finals of the Doha tennis tournament, an ATP fixture worth US$ 1.0 million.

The Moroccan upset at the 3rd round Czech Jiri Novak in two sets to null.

He had upset Argentinean Franco Squillari and French Cedrine Pioline in previous rounds.

In the semi final, he will be confronted to seventh seeded Rainer Shuttler of Germany. In the other semi-final Spanish Felix Mantilla beat Czech Bohdan Ulihrach.