Aisam Qureshi reaches US Open men’s and mixed doubles finals

KARACHI: Pakistan’s Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and India’s Rohan Bopanna reached the US Open men’s doubles final in New York on Wednesday.

The sixteenth seeded South Asian duo beat the Argentine pair of Eduardo Schwank and Horacio Zeballos 7-6 (7-5) and 6-4.

This is the best grand-slam run yet for Qureshi and Bopanna, who at number 15 in the ATP doubles team rankings.

Qureshi, already the best player to represent Pakistan on the ATP circuit, has also reached the mixed doubles final at the US Open with his Czech partner Kveta Peschke.

The 30-year-old from Lahore is being hailed as a hero in the country already as he continues breaking records at a time when Pakistan’s famous cricket team is going through a tumultuous period.