Aisam, Bopanna progress in Sydney

Pak-India duo breezes past Carsten Ball and Marinko Matosevic 6-2, 6-3 in ATP World Tour Event.

SYDNEY: Pakistan’s Aisamul Haq Qureshi and his doubles partner Rohan Bopanna reached the quarterfinals of the the Medibank International Sydney Tennis Tournament on Monday.

The Pak-India duo breezed past Carsten Ball and Marinko Matosevic 6-2, 6-3 in the ATP World Tour Event's round of 16.

Although Qureshi and Bopanna managed only 1 ace in the entire match, they won 72 per cent of their first serve points and remained unbroken.

Earlier, the duo participated in the Chennai Open where they lost in the quarterfinals the Dutch-American pair of Robin Haase-David Martin 4-6, 5-7.

In Chennai, the pair also launched their official ‘Stop War Start Tennis’ brand at a pre-tournament press conference.