Wednesday 10 August 2011

AISAM-ul-Haq Qureshi

AISAM-ul-Haq Qureshi
AISAM-ul-Haq Qureshi (Urdu: اعصام الحق قریشی) (born March 17, 1980 in Lahore, Pakistan) is a professional tennis player from Pakistan. The time now is Player of Pakistan. A top 10 player double his rank 103rd race is simple and a former number three in Asia and is the only Pakistani tennis player to reach the final of a Grand Slam tournament, as he did in 2010 to compete in both mixed doubles (in partnership with Ms. Kveta Peschke) and doubles men (in partnership with Rohan Bopanna) at the US Open.

Qureshi, Amir Hadad of Israel team player during the Wimbledon and U.S. Open tournaments in 2002. The duo won the Arthur Ashe Humanitarian of the Year award for playing together with pressure from their community.

As the number one of Pakistan, Mr. Qureshi has traditionally led Pakistan's Davis Cup campaigns. After shocking New Zealand in the Asia / Oceania I second round play-off in 2004 to survive relegation, which led them to World Group Play-Offs for the first time in 2005 before being beaten by Chile. He won the most Davis Cup matches in Pakistan, being the most successful and doubles player in history. It is also half of the pair of double most successful of Pakistan (with Aqeel Khan) in the country's sports history.

Qureshi is now a member of "Club Champions for Peace ', a group of 54 athletes, who serve the world peace through sport, created the Peace and Sports, Monaco-based international organization.

AISAM and his partner Rohan Bopanna  have created a campaign to Start Stop Tennis War, the objective of accession to play on the border between India and Pakistan.

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