Aisamul Haq wins first title of 2017

Pakistan tennis star bags ASB Classic International Tennis Championships trophy

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KARACHI:
Pakistan tennis ace Aisamul Haq Qureshi won his first title of the year at ASB Classic International Tennis Championship with his Polish partner Marcin Matkowski in Auckland, New Zealand on Saturday.

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Aisam and Matkowski defeated Israel's Jonathan Erlich and US player Scott Lipsky 6-1, 2-6, 10-3 in an hour, one minute and 48 seconds.

Aisam and Matkowski easily took the first set 6-1, but faced resistance in the second as Erlich and Lipsky levelled the match 1-1 pushing the final to a super tie-break, capitalising on four double faults made by Aisam and Matkowski.

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On the other hand, the duo had 33 break points saved and had 54 total points won against Erlich and Lipsky's 45.
Earlier, Aisam had kicked off the season with Brisbane Open where he was partnering with Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov and they lost in the round of 16.

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