Fifth seeds Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna won their first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title together yesterday beating seventh seeds Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi and Jean-Julien Rojer 7-6(6), 6-3 in 85 minutes in the final of the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris. “The match could have gone either way, but I felt we played really well on the big points,” said Bhupathi.

Rohan Bopanna (left) and Mahesh Bhupathi after winning the Paris Masters title yesterday. Pic/AFP