Indo/Pak Express and Lindstedt/Tecau qualify for London doubles event

Written by: Global Chick on 8th November 2011

Indo/Pak Express and Lindstedt/Tecau qualify for London doubles event

Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshii (R) of Pakistan and Rohan Bopanna (L) of India in action during the ATP Stockholm Open tennis tournament double final match against Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares, both of Brazil, in Stockholm, Sweden, 23 October 2011. Qureshii and Bopanna won the match. EPA/FREDRIK SANDBERG SWEDEN OUT |

Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi are the latest team to qualify for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London. The Indo/Pak Express have won two titles this year in Halle on grass and in Stockholm on indoor hard court.

Their Grand Slam record in 2011 is the last 16 at the Australian Open, quarterfinals of Roland Garros, first round loss at Wimbledon and reaching the semi-finals of the US Open.

Bopanna is ranked World No. 16 on the individual doubles ranking. He has accumulated 4 career doubles titles since he started his career in 2003. All his tournament wins have been with Qureshi.

Qureshi from Pakistan is the World No. 15. All his four career titles are won with Bopanna. On the doubles team rankings the duo are ranked number seven.

Horia Tecau of Romania and Robert Lindstedt of Sweden are also through to the Finals in London. This is the first time this team have reached the season finale event. This Swedish/Romanian team have been runners up at Wimbledon two years in a row.

In the 2011 season Lindstedt and Tecau have won Casablanca and Bastad. The Swede has taken home the silverware 12 times in his career with various partners over the years. Tecau has won nine doubles career titles also with different partners.

Other teams who have booked their spot at the O2 arena are:

Bob & Mike Bryan

Michael Llodra & Nenad Zimonjic

Daniel Nestor & Max Mirnyi

Mahesh Bhupathi & Leander Paes

Jurgen Melzer and Philipp Petzschner

The last remaining spot will be taken by either Eric Butorac and Jean-Julian Rojer or Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski. Sitting at No. 10 in the year to date rankings are Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares. For the Brazilian team to qualify they would have to win the BNP Paribas Masters this week.

The Barclays ATP World Tour Finals are played at the London O2 Arena November 20-27, 2012.