Qureshi and Bopanna, who are currently the 14th-ranked team, defeated Jarkko Nieminen of Finland and his Serb partner Viktor Troicki 7-5, 3-6, 10-7.
The duo, who reached the US Open men’s doubles final last year, will now face Frenchman Jeremy Chardy and Spaniard Feliciano Lopez in the quarter-final. The winning team will win a prize-money of $114,500.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 24th, 2011.
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