Son of Lahore brings pride
Match Update =>
The second round Gentlemen’s Singles match between Aisam-ul-Haq and Marat Safin will take place today at 11:00 am GMT on Court 18. It could not be played earlier due to yesterday’s rainy conditions.
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The whole nation was gripped in a sheer sense of pride and excitement when Lahore’s Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi became only the second Pakistani tennis player after Haroon Rahim, also from Lahore, to be able to qualify for Grand Slam Gentlemen’s Singles event at The Wimbledon Championships.
And yesterday, he made history by winning over Lee Childs of Great Britain, giving him a fine defeat, and became the first ever Pakistani player to enter the second round of Men’s Singles Tournament at Wimbledon.
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Qureshi will be playing Marat Safin of Russia, today at 1:00 pm GMT.
We wish the very best to Aisam-ul-Haq and would love to see him play harder and win the best out of it!
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Wonderful… i think Aisam has a pretty good chance against Marat Safin as well…
agreed Safin has a very impressive profile (Former world No.1 (currently 24), US open champion in 2000, Australlian Open Champion in 2005, Australlian Open Runner up in 2002 and 2004), but what goes in Aisam’s favour is the fact that Safin has never performed well in Wimbledon. Its the only Grand Salam where Safin has never gone past the quarter finals. And since 2002, he has never gone beyond 3rd round in wimbledon…. so Aisam can do an upset here. its gonna be very tough, but its possible.
And if he does… well… lets just hope he does.
actually, lets hope that the best player wins !… cant be unfair to anyone :)
me happy :) . Good luck to Aisam.
REALLY FEELING HAPPY TO HEAR THIS .. LETS HOPE MORE GOOD NEWS COMES UP AFTERALL OTHER PLAYER ALSO GET PREPARES AND HV THE SAME FEELING OF WINNING… LETS PRAY FOR AISAM..
Go Aisam Go :-)
itna ghussa…. why r u asking him to go? give him a chance atleast :)
lolzzzzz
What happened to this match? Any updates?
Ok, he lost. But my praises to him. He was confident (as I see in articles everywhere on web) and fought well!
http://www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/news/match_reports/2007-06-28/200706271182945129484.html
sania mirza is playing nadia petrova of russia (No. 11) in the 2nd round… lost the first set 6-2.
lost the second set 6-2 as well…
@Aisaam: Girtay hain shah-sawar he maidan e jung main :)
Atleast, he was the first Pakistani to break into the second round.
Maybe next time he catches upto quarter finals!
From New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/29/sports/tennis/29wimbledon.html?ref=sports
And from Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/28/AR2007062802278.html
Greaattt..thanx faraz.
@Faraz: Those were some very cool pieces of news. Thanks for sharing’em!