Aisam, Muller ease into second round

Published July 3, 2015
In this photo, Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi hits a return during a practice session. — AFP/File
In this photo, Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi hits a return during a practice session. — AFP/File

LONDON: Pakistan’s tennis ace Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and his partner Gilles Muller of Luxembourg eased into the second round of the men’s doubles event at Wimbledon with a straight sets win on Thursday.

Aisam and Muller dominated Germany’s Benjamin Becker and Venezuelan Roberto Maytin to win 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 and will next play French 10th seeds Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert for a place in the third round.

Mahut and Herbert overcame Spanish opposition in the first round, beating Nicolas Almagro and Adrian Menendez-Maceiras 1-6, 7-6 (7-3), 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 on Wednesday.

Published in Dawn, July 3rd, 2015

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