Paes-Dlouhy enter second round at Thailand Open

GOING ON: Paes-Dlouhy defeated Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi.

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Bangkok: Top seeded Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy survived a scare in the first round at the ATP Thailand Open in Bangkok on Thursday.

The Indo-Czech pair won a hard-fought three-setter against India's Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi of Pakistan to enter the second round.

After losing the first set 6-7, Bopanna and Qureshi fought back to win the second set 6-4.

However, Paes and Dlouhy secured the match winning the decider 10-7 in a tiebreak.

Doubles first round results:

Lukas Dlouhy, Czech Republic, and Leander Paes (1), India, def. Rohan Bopanna, India, and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, Pakistan, 7-6 (3), 4-6, 10-7 tiebreak.

Robert Lindstedt, Sweden, and Philipp Petzschner (3), Germany, def. Danai Udomchoke and Kittipong Wachiramanowong, Thailand, 7-5, 6-3.

Robin Soderling, Sweden, and Rogier Wassen, Netherlands, def. Gael Monfils, France, and Viktor Troicki, Serbia, 6-4, 7-6 (4).

Scott Lipsky and David Martin, United States, def. Jurgen Melzer, Austria, and Jarkko Nieminen (4), Finland, 6-2, 7-6 (6).

Singles first round results:

Viktor Troicki, Serbia, def. Fabrice Santoro, France, 7-6 (4), 6-2.

Simone Bolelli, Italy, def. Thomaz Bellucci, Brazil, 6-3, 6-3.

Jarkko Nieminen (5), Finland, def. Marko Djokovic, Serbia, 6-2, 6-0.

Mischa Zverev, Germany, def. Robert Smeets, Australia, 6-4, 6-4.

Jurgen Melzer (8), Austria, def. Donald Young, United States, 6-3, 6-3.<

Second round

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (2), France, def. Lukas Dlouhy, Czech Republic, 7-6 (9), 3-6, 7-6 (1).

Gael Monfils (4), France, def. Robert Kendrick, United States, 6-4, 7-6 (4).