Bopanna/Qureshi拿下巴黎大師賽男雙冠軍
即將參加年終賽男雙的七號種子"印巴快車"組合Bopanna/Qureshi，
在巴黎大師賽男雙決賽直落二擊敗地主外卡組合Benneteau/Mahut，
拿下兩人搭檔以來首項大師賽男雙錦標！
這是兩人2011年第三座冠軍，今年三度闖進決賽都捧盃而回，
兩人的男雙組合排名上升至生涯新高第5位。
Bopanna-Qureshi Capture First ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Title
A week before making their debut appearance at the Barclays ATP World Tour
Finals, Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi captured their first ATP World
Tour Masters 1000 title. ‘The Indo-Pak Express’ were too strong for Julien
Benneteau and Nicolas Mahut in the BNP Paribas Masters final, defeating the
French wild cards 6-2, 6-4 on Sunday in Paris.
"This win gives us a lot of confidence, it is our biggest title by far," said
Bopanna. "All the hard work over the years has paid off."
Bopanna and Qureshi had taken out No. 2 seeds Michael Llodra and Nenad
Zimonjic and No. 3 seeds Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor to reach their first
Masters 1000 final together. As champions, they earned 1000 ATP Doubles Team
Ranking points, taking them to fifth in the year-to-date standings.
The seventh seeds made a strong start to Sunday’s final at the Palais
Omnisports, racing to a 5-2 double break advantage before closing out the
first set in 29 minutes. In a closer second set, they broke down their French
opponents in the ninth game before serving out victory in 64 minutes. They
won 92 per cent of points behind their first serve and did not face a single
break point.
The 2010 US Open runners-up were contesting their 11th tour-level final
together and improved to a 4-7 mark. It was their third trophy of the season,
following victories in June at the Gerry Weber Open in Halle (d.
Haase-Raonic) and at last month’s If Stockholm Open (d. Melo-Soares).
"We are ecstatic to win our first Masters 1000 title," said Qureshi. "Last
year we didn't play well in finals and this year we have won three out of
three."
Unseeded French pairing Benneteau and Mahut had put together an equally
impressive run to reach the final, upsetting top seeds Bob Bryan and Mike
Bryan in the second round before ousting sixth seeds Mariusz Fyrstenberg and
Marcin Matkowski in the quarter-finals.
They were playing in their fourth ATP World Tour doubles final together and
dropped to a 2-2 record. Their last title came at 2009 Lyon (d.
Clement-Grosjean).
"They were stronger than us today and I wish them good luck in London next
week," said Benneteau. "We got a wild card and had a great run, we enjoyed
playing in front of a big crowd and having their support."
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