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Doubles Team Makes Statement by Raising Racquet
September 3rd 2010 In Tennis |
by Greg Couch
NEW YORK -- They had barely won their first-round match at the U.S. Open, and they stayed and signed autographs for everyone of all sizes, shapes, colors. Everyone blended together.
Aisam-ul-haq Qureshi of Pakistan and his doubles partner Rohan Bopanna of India are friends and partners from places you don't see friends or partners. India and Pakistan are almost always at war with each other, are always in distrust. Nuclear tensions continue to rise, and Qureshi and Bopanna are out there, playing tennis.
What a simple thing to do to make a big statement. But have they had any negative responses from Pakistanis or Indians?
"None,'' Qureshi said, smiling as he left the court. "Did you see the crowd?''
Yes, but I couldn't tell which fans were from which country.
"Me neither,'' he said. "That's the point.''
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NEW YORK -- They had barely won their first-round match at the U.S. Open, and they stayed and signed autographs for everyone of all sizes, shapes, colors. Everyone blended together.
Aisam-ul-haq Qureshi of Pakistan and his doubles partner Rohan Bopanna of India are friends and partners from places you don't see friends or partners. India and Pakistan are almost always at war with each other, are always in distrust. Nuclear tensions continue to rise, and Qureshi and Bopanna are out there, playing tennis.
What a simple thing to do to make a big statement. But have they had any negative responses from Pakistanis or Indians?
"None,'' Qureshi said, smiling as he left the court. "Did you see the crowd?''
Yes, but I couldn't tell which fans were from which country.
"Me neither,'' he said. "That's the point.''
China’s Rong Hao and Iran’s Mehrdad Oladi AFP/Getty Images
September 3rd 2010 In Soccer |
China's Rong Hao (R) and Iran's Mehrdad Oladi (L) tussle for the ball during a friendly match in Zhengzhou, central China's Henan province on September 3, 2010. Iran beat China 2-0, after Iran's earlier demand for a neutral referee, due to three top Chinese referees were arrested for their involvement in a major match-fixing scandal earlier this year. AFP PHOTO
