Karachi : Pakistan’s Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi & India’s Rohan Bopanna prevail and upon a strong pair of Noam Okun & Harel Levy of Israel after a marathon match in which fates kept twisting on either side in ATP Challenger Korat Open, Thailand.
In the first set Aisam & Partner made an early break through when they broke their opponent’s serve but Rohan was broken back to level it to 4-4. Thanks, however, to some aggressive winners in the following game by the Indo-Pak duo, they were able to edge past Okun & Levy again to take a 5-4 lead. Here Aisam made no mistakes in securing the set by out rightly serving out with sizzling aces & clinched the first set 6-4.
The second set was going rather evenly till 3-4 when a couple of loose volleys pushed Aisam & Rohan to a break down, enabling their opponents to take home second set with a score of 6-3.
However the Indo-Pak peace rail, as the pair of Aisam & Rohan is generally called in international tennis circles, went all charged and hit ace after ace and winner after winner to win it by 10-6.
Earlier in the Quarter Final too, Aisam & Rohan had a tough match against an all Indian pair of Purav Raja & Ashutosh Singh. The Indo-Pak due recovered from a set down at 4-6 to a one set all when they secured the second set with a score of 6-3.
In the super tie break they made a huge recovery from six match points down to win with a score of 13-11.
In the Final they will face the Thai favourite pair of Sanchai Ratiwatana & Sonchai Ratiwatana.
In the first set Aisam & Partner made an early break through when they broke their opponent’s serve but Rohan was broken back to level it to 4-4. Thanks, however, to some aggressive winners in the following game by the Indo-Pak duo, they were able to edge past Okun & Levy again to take a 5-4 lead. Here Aisam made no mistakes in securing the set by out rightly serving out with sizzling aces & clinched the first set 6-4.
The second set was going rather evenly till 3-4 when a couple of loose volleys pushed Aisam & Rohan to a break down, enabling their opponents to take home second set with a score of 6-3.
However the Indo-Pak peace rail, as the pair of Aisam & Rohan is generally called in international tennis circles, went all charged and hit ace after ace and winner after winner to win it by 10-6.
Earlier in the Quarter Final too, Aisam & Rohan had a tough match against an all Indian pair of Purav Raja & Ashutosh Singh. The Indo-Pak due recovered from a set down at 4-6 to a one set all when they secured the second set with a score of 6-3.
In the super tie break they made a huge recovery from six match points down to win with a score of 13-11.
In the Final they will face the Thai favourite pair of Sanchai Ratiwatana & Sonchai Ratiwatana.
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