Aisam, Bopanna advance at Paris Masters
Djokovic survives hiccup in singles event, Murray marches on.
PARIS:
Aisamul Haq Qureshi and Rohan Bopanna eased into the third round of the doubles event at the Paris Masters, defeating Colin Fleming and Jamie Murray 6-4, 6-3.
The Indo-Pak pair, who have already qualified for the ATP World Tour Finals, found the challenge put up by the Briton duo not a very daunting task, as the world number seven team outclassed their opponents in a convincing manner.
Djokovic survives scare
Earlier, Novak Djokovic overcame a first-set wobble to beat Serbian countryman Viktor Troicki and reach the singles quarter-finals.
Djokovic, the world number one, was broken twice in the first set and folded on Troicki’s first set point when he drove a backhand into the net.
The top-seed went 2-0 up in the second set, only for Troicki to level, but Djokovic broke again to go 4-2 ahead with a cross-court backhand winner before levelling the match.
Troicki had lost his last nine encounters with Djokovic and the 15th-seed’s resistance broke apart in the third set, enabling the 2009 champion to complete a 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 win.
In-form Andy Murray made it 18 games unbeaten by defeating Andy Roddick 6-2, 6-2.
“I started the match well, which is important against Roddick because he plays his best when he’s ahead,”
said Murray.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 11th, 2011.
Aisamul Haq Qureshi and Rohan Bopanna eased into the third round of the doubles event at the Paris Masters, defeating Colin Fleming and Jamie Murray 6-4, 6-3.
The Indo-Pak pair, who have already qualified for the ATP World Tour Finals, found the challenge put up by the Briton duo not a very daunting task, as the world number seven team outclassed their opponents in a convincing manner.
Djokovic survives scare
Earlier, Novak Djokovic overcame a first-set wobble to beat Serbian countryman Viktor Troicki and reach the singles quarter-finals.
Djokovic, the world number one, was broken twice in the first set and folded on Troicki’s first set point when he drove a backhand into the net.
The top-seed went 2-0 up in the second set, only for Troicki to level, but Djokovic broke again to go 4-2 ahead with a cross-court backhand winner before levelling the match.
Troicki had lost his last nine encounters with Djokovic and the 15th-seed’s resistance broke apart in the third set, enabling the 2009 champion to complete a 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 win.
In-form Andy Murray made it 18 games unbeaten by defeating Andy Roddick 6-2, 6-2.
“I started the match well, which is important against Roddick because he plays his best when he’s ahead,”
said Murray.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 11th, 2011.