Thursday, June 28, 2007

Pakistan into Wimbledon after 31 years

By the Grace of God, thanks to Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, reached wimbledon's 2nd round.

Aisam beat World number 11, Richard Gasquet, in Halle, which was the biggest victory of his career.

Aisam achieved a landmark in his professional career by qualifying for the first time for the main rounds of Wimbledon 2007 Men's Singles competition). He became the first Pakistani in over 31 years who will be playing at a Grand Slam tournament. Also, he has won 7 doubles and 2 singles titles on the future circuit. He won his first Grand Slam match at Wimbledon against Lee Childs, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6, making him the second Pakistani player to reach the second round of Wimbledon, losing to Marat Safin (Russian) 2-6, 4-6 and 6-7 in Tie Break on the 28th of June 2007.

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