LONDON: Pakistan ace Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and his Dutch partner Jean-Julien Rojer crashed out of the Wimbledon Championships after a closely-fought fourth-round match against the duo of Britain’s Jonathan Marray and Denmark’s Frederick Nielsen at the All England Club here on Tuesday.

Aisam and Rojer lost the marathon four-hour game 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (7-4), 6-7 (4-7), 5-7, 7-5 after the match resumed on Tuesday with rain halting the game in the third-set on Monday with the third set at 4-3 in favour of the winners.

However, Aisam and Rojer hit back on Tuesday to win the third set and their momentum continued in the fourth which they won convincingly.

The match went into the final set with Aisam and Rojer having the psychological advantage but the Sheffield ace Marray, whose former partner was Andy Murray’s brother Jamie, and Nielsen kept their composure and with the score at 5-5, they broke the serve of their eighth-ranked opponents.

After a couple of double faults at 6-5, Nielsen’s serve gave the duo a well-earned victory and ensured that for the first time there will be Danish representation in the quarter-finals of the men's doubles at Wimbledon.—Agencies