Aisam ul Haq Qureshi and Jean Julien Rojer. -Photo by AFP

KARACHI: Pakistan's Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and his Dutch partner Jean Julien Rojer cruised into the final of the Miami Open after defeating Spanish pair Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez in straight sets on Friday.

The Pak-Dutch duo beat Granollers and Lopez 6-3, 6-2 in less than an hour after breaking serve four times. The pair are bidding to win their third title together.

They will now face the winner of the match between Marcin Matkowski and Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Grigor Dimitrov and Frederik Nielsen in the final on March 30.

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