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Rohan Bopanna recorded his 100th career doubles win on Wednesday after he and Aisam ul-Haq Qureshi scored a straight-set victory over Spaniards Pablo Andujar and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez at the AEGON International.
Bopanna and Qureshi defeated the Spaniard duo 6-3 6-4 in 65 minutes,hitting five aces and winning 71 per cent of their service points,to advance to the quarter-finals.
Bopanna,who rose to career-best ninth in ATP doubles rankings on Wednesday,now has a career doubles win-loss record of 100-75 while Aisam’s career statistics read 96-70.
The Indo-Pak pair will meet the duo of Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria and Andreas Seppi of Italy in the quarter-finals.
Last week,Bopanna and Aisam captured their second ATP World Tour team title at the Gerry Weber Open in Halle,Germany. They have a 22-12 win-loss record in the season so far.
