It was a proud moment for Mahesh Bhupathi and his Bahamian partner Mark Knowles, when they had a straight-set win over Swede-Zimbabwean pair of Jonas Bjorkman and Kevin Ullyett in Madrid, and thus made in the finals of ATP Madrid Masters.

It took little more than an hour for the fourth seeded Indo-Bahamian pair to beat the fifth seeded Swede-Zimbabwean pair by 6-2 6-4 to make it into the finals.

Now Bhupahti and Knowles will compted with seventh seeds Marcin Matkoswki and Mariusz Fyrstenberg of Poland.

Earlier, Matkoswki and Fyrstenberg have had a win over eighth seeds Jeff Coetzee and Wesley Moodie in three matches with 6-7(4) 7-6(5) 12-10.

Presently, their third ATP title of the season is being chased by Bhupati and Knowles after performing brilliantly at Memphis and Dubai.

Back in 2003, Bhupati, who 34 year-old captured the Madrid title and in 2002, ended as runner up, both times with Marx Mirnyi. On the other hand, Knowles won the same title three times in 2002, 2004 and 2005 with Daniel Nestor.