Aisam, Rohan in Wimbledon quarter-finals

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Aisam, Rohan in Wimbledon quarter-finals

Tuesday, 29 Jun, 2010

Rohan Bopanna (R) of India and Aisam-Ul-Haq of Pakistan play against Lukas Lacko of Slovakia and Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine in a Mens's Doubles game during the Wimbledon Tennis Championships at the All England Tennis Club, in south-west London, on June 28, 2010. -Photo by Reuters

LONDON: Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi created tennis history when he became the first Pakistani to reach the quarter-finals at Wimbledon with his Indian partner Rohan Bopanna on Monday.

The South Asian pair eased to a straight-set win over Lucas Lacko of Slovakia and Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine in the round of 16 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet club.

Qureshi and Bopanna wrapped up the match 7-5, 7-6 (7-4), 6-2 to enter the Men's Doubles last-eight stage, however, their opponents are yet to be determined.

The Pakistani number one and world number 42 is a grass-court specialist and has been improving his performance at the world’s most prestigious tennis tournament in the last few years.

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