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Bopanna, Qureshi move to quarterfinals of Monte Carlo Masters

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Press Trust of India Monte Carlo (Monaco)
Indian Davis Cupper Rohan Bopanna and his partner Aisam-ul-haq Qureshi lost only three games against Lukas Kubot and Robert Lindstedt before advancing to the quarterfinals of the ATP Monte Carlo Rolex Masters, here.

The unseeded Indo-Pak pair scored a dominant 6-3 6-0 win over the seventh seed Polish-Swede combo in just 54 minutes in the second round contest of the euro 3,452,415 elite clay court tournament.

Bopanna and Qureshi fired five aces as against one by their rivals and converted five of the nine chances apart from saving two on their own serves.

They will next face third seeded pair of Croatia's Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo from Brazil.

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First Published: Apr 17 2014 | 3:36 PM IST

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