Johannesburg, Feb 7 Rohan Bopanna and Aisam Qureshi today clinched their first ATP World Tour doubles title after a hard-fought 2-6, 6-3, 10-5 victory over Karol Beck and Harold Levy in the final of USD 442,500 South African Open here.
Unseeded Bopanna and Qureshi finally won an ATP doubles title together in their third attempt, having finished runners-up in both the previous final appearances -- in Mumbai (2007) and at Newport (2008).
The Indo-Pak duo had a dream run last year, winning three ATP Challenger events together, but were not able to clinch a Tour event.
For Bopanna, though, this is his second ATP doubles title after the LA Open triumph in 2008 partnering American Eric Butorac.
An elated Bopanna said, "Both of us are thrilled to have won this tournament.
