LAHORE, July 23: Pairing up with Indian top seed Rohan Bopanna, Pakistan’s No.1 Aisam-ul-Haq won the ATP Challenger Hester Trophy's doubles crown in Manchester, UK, defeating the Dutch/Swedish pair of Jesse Huta Galung and Michael Ryderstedt in the final.

Aisam and Bopanna came from behind to win the final with a score of 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (10-5).

On their way to the final, they defeated Andrew Coelho-Adam Feeney of Australia in the semi-final, Dominik Meffert-Simon Stadler of Germany in quarter-final and Kenneth Skupski-Richard Bloomfied of United Kingdom in the earlier round.

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