Aisam-Bhopana in Stockholm final

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Aisam ul-Haq and Rohan Bopanna reached the men's doubles final of the Stockholm Open.


The Indo-Pak Express beat Marcos Baghdatis and Juan Del Potro 2-6, 6-2, 10-8 in the hard-fought semifinal which lasted just over an hour.

They will face the winner of the semi-final match between Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina and Brazilian Andre SA and Brazilian pair of Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares.

Bopanna and Aisam started badly conceding four double faults in the first set. Potro and Baghdatis took advantage of their serving woes to wrap up the first set.

With a better service in the second set, the Indo-Pak duo was able to comeback strongly forcing the match to go into the deciding set.

The third and final set saw some amazing tennis from both the teams. But Bopanna and Aisam triumphed eventually and advanced to the final. The final will be played on Sunday (tomorrow).