No. 3 seeds Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram rallied from a two-sets deficit and completed their suspended first round match Tuesday with a 5-7, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 11-9 victory over Americans Scott Lipsky and David Martin. The Israeli duo captured the three hour and 38 minute battle after play was halted at 8-8 in the fifth set on Monday night.
They converted five of 21 break points and saved eight of 11 on their serve to advance to the second round where they will face Stephen Huss and Ross Hutchins.
No. 9 seeds Lukas Dlouhy and Leander Paes also survived a five-set encounter with the British wild card team of James Auckland and Jamie Delgado, prevailing 4-6, 6-0, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3.
Dlouhy/Paes converted six of 13 break points while saving seven of nine on their serve. They also won 65 percent of second serve points compared to the Brits' 45 percent.
Rohan Bopanna of India and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi of Pakistan posted the first upset of the tournament as they defeated No. 10 seeds Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski of Poland 6-3, 7-5, 6-4 in one hour and 51 minutes.
Bopanna/Qureshi converted three of 14 break points while saving all four break points on their serve.
The No. 11 seeded duo of South Africans Jeff Coetzee and Wesley Moodie ousted Italians Simone Bolelli and Andreas Seppi 6-1, 1-6, 6-3, 6-2. Moodie captured the Wimbledon title three years ago with Huss.
In one other match that was suspended due to darkness, No. 13 seeds Frantisek Cermak and Jordan Kerr led the British wild card duo of Richard Bloomfield and Kenneth Skupski 6-4, 5-7, 4-2.
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