Indo-Pak Express; playing for peace
Currently the partnership of Aisam Ul Haq Qureshi and Rohan Bopanna is one of the most famous in the world of tennis. Where Bopanna is an Indian and Qureshi is from Pakistan; their team seems pretty mesmerizing.
The team of Rohan and Aisam is known as the Indo-Pak Express and there recent performance in the world of tennis is being highly appreciated. Currently, the Indo-Pak Express is looking forward for even better performances in the upcoming tennis season. This
year they reached the Men’s doubles final in the US Open, which was held in September in New York. There recent brilliant performance in the US Open Grand Slams has earned them the eighth spot in the international doubles ranking.
But the efforts of the duo, off the court, is being highly appreciated as well because both the tennis players are trying their level best to ease the tension between their countries. Moreover, their team is being considered as a symbol of Indo-Pak friendship.
Aisam and Bopanna have been awarded many times due to their relentless humanitarian efforts, off the court this year. Now the dynamic duo is eyeing to snatch major tournament titles in the upcoming tennis season.
According to some news reports, Bopanna and Qureshi have started a campaign which is named as “Stop War and Start Tennis”. Their effort of easing the pressure between the countries is no doubt brilliant, as constructive goals can only be achieved by friendship
instead of war.
In a very recent interview, the thirty-year-old Pakistan number one tennis star Aisam ul Haq Qureshi expressed his thoughts to the media in a very friendly mood. Qureshi told that he and Bopanna are trying their level best to spread the message of peace
in the world. He continued that there major focus is to perform in-front of a bigger audience and show the world that friendship is the key to success.
Qureshi expressed his thoughts by saying that they are hoping to play a friendly match at the Wagah Border, in which he will play at the Indian side and his teammate Rohan will play at the Pakistani side of the border. This is just to show the gesture of
friendship to the world. Aisam added and told that in the semi finals and finals of the doubles event of US Grand Slam, the ambassadors to the United Nations from India and Pakistan came to watch the match and it was a brilliant feeling that both the diplomats
came to see the match for a good cause. He continued that he is very hopeful that in near future a match will be held between him and Bopanna at the Wagah border and it will be an amazing event for both countries.
It is to be known that the Wagah Border is the only road crossing between the two countries and a match between the two players, belonging to the countries will be definitely be an ideal step towards friendship. On the other hand, the thirty-year-old Indian
tennis star Rohan Bopanna seemed pretty happy and excited about the match as well. Bopanna told the media about his thoughts and said that they are both members of an organization known as Peace and Sport. He added that at the moment he and Qureshi are looking
forward to promote the game of tennis in India and Pakistan.
The partnership has given a new shape to the game of tennis. At one side when the sport will help them to promote the game of tennis in their respective countries but on the other hand it will also represent a good gesture of friendship and hope between
India and Pakistan as well.
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