MELBOURNE: Pakistan’s Aisam Qureshi and his Kazakh partner Alexander Nedovyesov upset seventh seeds Nicholas Mahut (former World No.1 doubles player) and his French partner Fabrice Martin to start Australian Open on a winning note.
In a closed contest, both the teams gave a tough fight but Aisam and Alexandar managed to clinch it. The first set lead was followed by the second set lead of 2-2. However, the French pair came back strongly and went on to win the second set by 7-5.
Alhamdulliah 🙏🙏🙏 winning start @AustralianOpen today against the no 7 seeds .loved the support and energy out there today 🙌🙌🙌 pic.twitter.com/hYMdNrdav5
— Aisam ul Haq Qureshi (@aisamhqureshi) January 20, 2022
In the third set, the Pak-Kazakh duo raised their game to the next level and broke first the serve of Fabrice and then of Mahut consecutively, finishing the set and match with a 6-2 score.
