<p>Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-haq Qureshi recorded their first win after re-joining forces as they overcame a spirited challenge from Jean-Julien Roger and Horia Tecau in the first round of the ATP Apia International, here today.</p>.<p><br />The third seeded Indo-Pak pair recorded a hard-fought 7-6(5) 6-7(2) 10-3 win over the unseeded Dutch-Romanian team in one hour and 41 minutes.<br /><br />They next face Treat Huey from Philippines and Briton Dominic Inglot, who ousted Spaniards Pablo Andujar and David Marrero 6-4 6-3 in their opening round of the USD 511,825 hard court event.<br /><br />Bopanna and Qureshi had suffered a first round exit at last week's Chennai Open in their first match of the season.<br /><br />Leander Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek, seeded second, open their campaign against French pair of Julien Benneteau and Edouard Roger-Vasselin, who ended singles runner-up at the Chennai Open.<br /><br />India's Somdev Devvarman had failed to qualify for the singles main draw after losing in the second round of the qualifiers. </p>
<p>Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-haq Qureshi recorded their first win after re-joining forces as they overcame a spirited challenge from Jean-Julien Roger and Horia Tecau in the first round of the ATP Apia International, here today.</p>.<p><br />The third seeded Indo-Pak pair recorded a hard-fought 7-6(5) 6-7(2) 10-3 win over the unseeded Dutch-Romanian team in one hour and 41 minutes.<br /><br />They next face Treat Huey from Philippines and Briton Dominic Inglot, who ousted Spaniards Pablo Andujar and David Marrero 6-4 6-3 in their opening round of the USD 511,825 hard court event.<br /><br />Bopanna and Qureshi had suffered a first round exit at last week's Chennai Open in their first match of the season.<br /><br />Leander Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek, seeded second, open their campaign against French pair of Julien Benneteau and Edouard Roger-Vasselin, who ended singles runner-up at the Chennai Open.<br /><br />India's Somdev Devvarman had failed to qualify for the singles main draw after losing in the second round of the qualifiers. </p>