Aisam & Dominic captures Runner-up trophy at Open Sud de France 2020
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and his British partner Dominic Inglot completed their team debut week with a runner-up trophy at the Open Sud de France in Montpellier, France.
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and his British partner Dominic Inglot completed their team debut week with a runner-up trophy at the Open Sud de France in Montpellier, France.
The unseeded pair of Aisam and Inglot, ranked 52 and 57, respectively, was defeated by the unseeded duo of Nikola Cacic of Serbia and Mate Pavic of Croatia, ranked 73 and 15, respectively, in the final of men’s doubles category.
The Serbian-Croatian team saved all four break points they faced and won 86 per cent of first-serve points (44/51) to take the title after 89 minutes. Cacic and Pavic dropped just one set en route to the trophy, which includes a straight-sets victory against top seeds Kevin Krawietz and Nicolas Mahut in the second round.
The final score line was 4-6, 7-6(4), 4-10.
Inglot and Qureshi were appearing in their first final as a team, having joined forces at the start of the 2020 ATP Tour season. On their team debut, the British-Pakistani duo reached the ASB Classic quarter-finals.
Cacic and Pavic receive 250 FedEx ATP Doubles Ranking points and share €30,690. Inglot and Qureshi collect 150 points and split €15,730.
Aisam and Inglot were in superb form in this tournament as they first stunned the second seed duo of Jean-Julien Rojer of Netherlands and Horia Tecau of Romania, ranked 19 and 18, respectively, in the quarter-finals and then surprised fourth seed Britain pair of Jamie Murray and Neal Skupski, ranked 25 and 28, respectively, in the semi-finals.
