Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi overcame a second set lapse to beat American Rajeev Ram and Bobby Reynolds and progress to the second round of the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters here.
The unseeded Indo-Pak pair scored a 6-3 1-6 10-4 win over the wild card holder pair of Ram and Reynolds in the first round of the $2,430,000 hard court event.
They will next face eighth seeded Polish pair of Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski in the pre-quarterfinals. Third seeds Leander Paes and Czech Lukas Dlouhy will take on American Mardy Fish and Bahamas’ Mark Knowles while fourth seeded pair of Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi of Belarus are up against American combo of John Isner and Sam Querry.