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Bopanna-Qureshi advance to UNICEF Open quarters

June 16, 2010 13:19 IST

Rohan Bopanna [ Images ] joined senior pro and compatriot Leander Paes [ Images ] in the doubles quarterfinals of the UNICEF Open after clearing the first round along with Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi [ Images ] in 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands.

The Indo-Pakistan pair beat Americans Eric Butorac and Rajeev Ram 6-3, 6-4 in just under an hour in the first round of the euro 450,000 grass court event.

They will now clash with fourth seeds Robert Lindstedt [ Images ] and Horia Tecau, who defeated Jeremy Chardy and Sergiy Stakhovsky 6-2, 6-3.

Top seeds Paes and Lukas Dlouhy [ Images ] had beaten Florent Serra and Kristof V Liegen in their opening round match.

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