Bopanna-Qureshi upset second seeds to advance into Monte Carlo semifinals
April 16th, 2011 - 1:59 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, April 16(ANI): The tennis duo comprising Rohan Bopanna of India and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi of Pakistan has advanced into the semifinal of the Monte Carlo ATP Masters tournament.
The Indo-Pak Express, who are making their first appearance in Monte Carlo, registered a 6-1, 7-5 win over the grand-slam winning pair of Daniel Nestor and Max Mirny.
In the first set, Bopanna-Qureshi duo breezed through to a formidable lead after breaking their opponents’ serve twice. The Asian pair broke again to serve for the set in the next game, and Qureshi closed the set 6-1 in 21 minutes, the Dawn reports.
Former world’s number one pair, Nestor and Mirny, came back into the match in the second set despite having been broken to go 1-2 down. Qureshi-Bopanna were broken next to make the scores level, and the set swayed between both pairs, with serves being broken at regular intervals.
The Indo-Pak Express were soon serving for the match at 5-4, but the second seeded Canadian-Belarusian pair fought their way back to gain a break of serve, only to get their own serve broken and concede a 5-6 lead.
Qureshi and Bopanna, who were serving for the match at 6-5, faltered to go 0-30 down, but regained their composure and closed the set and the match at 7-5.
The sixth seeded Bopanna- Qureshi duo will play the South American pair of Juan Ignacio Chela (Argentina) and Bruno Soares (Brazil) in the semifinal. (ANI)
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