LAHORE, Nov 14 Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, the national tennis No.1 and currently ranked in top 100 ATP doubles rankings, partnering with Indian Davis Cupper Rohan Bopanna entered the final of the Lambertz Open in Aachen, Germany.

Aisam and his partner are the second seed pair of the tournament, and they defeated Swiss Yvez Allegro and Croatian Lovro Zovko 6-3, 6-4 in the semi-final.

Aisam and Bopana will face top seeds Micheal Kohlmann of Germany and Horia Tecau of Romania in the final.

Earlier, Aisam and Bopanna beat wild card pair of Croatians Nikola Mektic and Ivan Zovko in the first round 7-5, 6-2. In the next match the Asian pair ousted Jamaican Dustin Brown and Czech Jiri Kroska 7-5, 7-6 (6) to enter the semi-final.

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