At Wimbledon, India's Rohan Bopanna and his Pakistani partner Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi have stormed into the quarterfinals of the men's doubles competition. In London on Monday, the duo recorded an impressive straight set victory over Lukas Lacko of Slovakia and Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine. Bopanna and Qureshi beat their rivals 7-5, 7-6, 6-2 in a third round match. Indian ace Leander Paes and his Czech partner Lukas Dlouhy had crashed out of the doubles event in the second round while Somdev Devvarman and Treat Conrad Huey of Philippines had lost in the opening round to Bopanna and Qureshi. Another Indian Mahesh Bhupathi and his Belarussianpartner Max Mirnyi, seeded fourth, are still in the fray. They play Robert Lindstedt and Horia Tecau in the pre-quarterfinals.
News On AIR | June 29, 2010 9:24 AM
Bopanna-Qureshi in quarterfinals of Wimbledon men's doubles