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Bopanna-Qureshi Head Men's Doubles Field

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Bopanna, Qureshi© Getty ImagesRohan Bopanna and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi are top seeds in the men's doubles.

Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi are top seeds in the men's doubles field at the Estoril Open, an ATP World Tour 250 clay-court tennis tournament.

"The Indo-Park Express", who reached the quarter-finals at the Estadio Nacional last year, are off to a 12-8 match record on the season.

The pair has reached three semi-finals at Sydney (l. to Dlouhy-Hanley) and ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events in Indian Wells (l. to Dolgopolov-Malisse) and Monte-Carlo (l. to Chela-Soares).

They will meet Americans Scott Lipsky and Travis Rettenmaier in the first round.

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Second-seeded Brazilians Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares, and No. 3 seeds Eric Butorac and Jean-Julien Rojer both make their team debuts at the tournament this week.

Melo and Soares will meet Johan Brunstrom and Frederik Nielsen in the first round. Butorac and Rojer challenge Portuguese favourites Frederico Gil and Leonardo Tavares.

Fourth seeds Marc Lopez and David Marrero will attempt to defend their title. They beat Pablo Cuevas and Marcel Granollers 6-7(1), 6-4, 10-4 in the 2010 final.

Lopez and Marrero have reached five quarter-finals (or better) this season, highlighted by back-to-back semi-final runs at Costa do Sauipe (l. to Melo-Soares) and Buenos Aires (l. to Ferreiro-Sa).

They face Carlos Berlocq and Pere Riba in the first round.

The Estoril Open women's doubles draw will be announced later on Sunday.

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