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For a long time now, the sport of tennis has excited people the world over. Even in our own cricket mad country, tennis is fairly popular, and nowadays people are following the US Open with great interest. In 1998, tennis in Pakistan got a new life when a rising tennis star, Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, turned pro. I am sure all of you out there are familiar with the excellent feats of Aisam; he created history in Pakistani tennis when he reached the finals of 2010 US Open: Men’s Doubles and Mixed Doubles.
Interestingly enough, though, he wasn’t the first international tennis player that played for Pakistan. That singular honor goes to Ahmad Hasan Khokhar who became the first Pakistani to represent our country in a Grand Slam tournament, playing at Wimbledon in 1948. Haroon Rahim was another very successful player. Belonging to a family of prominent…
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