Aisam, Marach reach Swiss Open final
Duo defeat Granollers and Lopez in men’s doubles in three sets
Third seeds Aisam and Marach had opened the tournament with a straight-set win over Haase and Youzhny. PHOTO: FILE
KARACHI:
Pakistan tennis ace Aisamul Haq Qureshi and his doubles partner Oliver Marach of Austria reached the final of the ATP Swiss Open Gstaad Championship in Switzerland on Saturday.
The duo defeated top seeds Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez 6-3, 4-6, 10-8 in the semi-final and will now face Belarus’ Aliaksandr Bury and Uzbekistan’s Dennis Istomin in the decider on Sunday.
Earlier, Aisam and Marach had defeated Swiss wildcard duo Henri Laaksonen and Luca Margaroli 6-3, 6-4 in the quarter-finals after registering a 6-3, 6-3 win against Robin Haase and Mikhail Youzhny in the round of 16.
Besides improving on his slump in form, Aisam is also on a mission to regain his fitness after picking up a knee-injury just before the Wimbledon this year as the 2010 US Open finalist nears the end of his Europe tour.
The 35-year-old won the Hall of Fame Championship doubles title in Newport with Britain’s Jonathan Marray last month on
the tour.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 2nd, 2015.
Pakistan tennis ace Aisamul Haq Qureshi and his doubles partner Oliver Marach of Austria reached the final of the ATP Swiss Open Gstaad Championship in Switzerland on Saturday.
The duo defeated top seeds Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez 6-3, 4-6, 10-8 in the semi-final and will now face Belarus’ Aliaksandr Bury and Uzbekistan’s Dennis Istomin in the decider on Sunday.
Earlier, Aisam and Marach had defeated Swiss wildcard duo Henri Laaksonen and Luca Margaroli 6-3, 6-4 in the quarter-finals after registering a 6-3, 6-3 win against Robin Haase and Mikhail Youzhny in the round of 16.
Besides improving on his slump in form, Aisam is also on a mission to regain his fitness after picking up a knee-injury just before the Wimbledon this year as the 2010 US Open finalist nears the end of his Europe tour.
The 35-year-old won the Hall of Fame Championship doubles title in Newport with Britain’s Jonathan Marray last month on
the tour.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 2nd, 2015.