Bopanna-Qureshi gets their first win of the season

Rohan Bopanna, known as specialist in doubles, won the first round of the ATP Apia International on Tuesday, along with his Pakistani partner Aisam-ul-Qureshi. This is their first win of the new year after registering their first round exit from Chennai Open held last week.


This third seeded Indo-Pak pair took 1 hour 41 minutes to defeat the Dutch pair, Jean-Julien Roger and Horia Tecau in the first round of the hard court event. Bopanna-Qureshi won the first set which went Tug Of War 7-6(5) and then lost the second set 6-7(2). In the final set, they took a comeback and won with ease 10-2.

Bopanna-Qureshi to face Treat Huey and Briton Dominic Inglot in the second round which would not be a walk in a park. They defeated the Spanish pair, Pablo Andujar and David Marrero, in the straightr sets(6-4,6-3).