Bopanna, Aisam extend winning partnership

Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi are relishing the good times together and the Indo-Pak pair has decided to extend their partnership on the circuit till the US Open.

Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi are relishing the good times together and the Indo-Pak pair has decided to extend their partnership on the circuit till the US Open.

Aisam, who partnered Bopanna to win the doubles ATP Challenger title in Manchester last week, said the partnership could yield more positive results and they were keen to turn up together at the US Open.

“We discussed this issue with each other and decided to resume our partnership on the circuit on a regular basis. Because the more you play together, the more you understand each other’s game better,” Aisam said.

“Hopefully we will be in top form by the time we appear at the US Open because that is a big one for us,” he added.

Aisam said it had not been hard to team up with Bopanna as both had played together and won a tournament in Denver two years ago.

Aisam and Bopanna would would appear in three ATP doubles events in the run up to US Open, he said.

Praising Bopanna, who beat Aisam in the singles event in Manchester, the Pakistani said, “Bopanna is a very good doubles partner and his presence has helped me raise my game as well. We plan to take part in a tournament in Spain and another one before appearing in the US Open,” he added.

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The Pakistani star, who had partnered Israeli Aamir Hadad two years ago, said he did not expect his decision to team up with the Indian would trigger a controversy.

“I don’t see any controversy. The bottomline is we are professional players and we have struck a good chord on court and supplement each other which is why we won the title in Manchester,” he added.