Aisam, Simon out of Paris Open

KARACHI: Pakistan’s Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and his French partner Gilles Simon lost in the pre-quarter-finals of Paris Open on Wednesday.
The unseeded duo of Aisam and Simon, ranked 38th and 376th, respectively, were beaten by top seed American pair of Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan, ranked 2nd and 3rd, respectively, 1-6, 6-2, 7-10 in the round of 16 of this ATP Masters event.
They had defeated the pair of Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil and Viktor Troicki of Serbia 7-5, 7-6(3) in the first round.