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Bopanna-Qureshi rise to 5th in ATP rankings

Press Trust of India | Posted on Nov 15, 2011 at 12:36am IST

New Delhi: Newly crowned Paris Masters champions, Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi have moved up two places to fifth in the latest ATP doubles rankings, issued on Monday.

The Indo-Pak duo outplayed French wild cards Julien Benneteau and Nicolas Mahut 6-2, 6-4 in the summit clash on Sunday in the finals.

They will now play in the season-ending finale in London starting from November 20.

Bopanna-Qureshi rise to 5th in ATP rankings

Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-Ul-Haq beat Julien Benneteau and Nicolas Mahut in the Paris Open finals.

In the individual rankings, Bopanna was back in the top-10 as he gained six places while Qureshi was ninth just ahead of his Indian partner.

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