BARCELONA – Pakistan’s ace tennis player Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and his doubles partner Jean-Julien Rojer of Netherlands stormed into the Barcelona Open tennis tournament doubles final after beating Chile’s Nicolas Jarry and Guido Pella of Argentina by 7-6 (5), 3-6, 10-7 in the semi-finals.
Earlier in the quarter-finals, the Pakistani-Dutch pair defeated the top seeded pair of Lukasz Kubot of Poland and Marcelo Melo of Brazil by 7-5, 3-6, 10-5.
They had also beaten Spain’s Jaume Munar and Tommy Robredo by 7-5, 6-3 in Round of 16.
Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) President Salim Saif Ullah Khan praised Aisam for his brilliant performance and hoped that he will continue his winning run to bag the title.
