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Aisam-Rojer through to Wimbledon second round
LAHORE - Pakistan’s tennis ace Aisamul Haq Qureshi and his Dutch partner Jean-Julien Rojer reached the second round of the men’s doubles event Wimbledon on Wednesday. The eighth seeded Pak-Dutch duo who was pitted against unseeded British pair of Josh Goodall and James Ward in the first round won the match in straight sets 7-6, 6-2 and 6-4.
The British pair showed some resistance in the first set which went into the tie break that Aisam-Rojer won 7-3. In the second set, Aisam and partner got back there broke the British duo twice to win the set 6-2. In third set, Pak-Dutch duo broke the serve of Goodall and Ward early to take 2-0 lead and then held their serve to seal the fate of the matcht. Next they face either Italian pair of Flavio Cipolla and Fabio Fognini or pair of Bobby Reynolds of USA and Izak Van Der Merwe of South Africa in second round.
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Updated at: 23 May 2013
We'll have to give Ajmal the respect he deserves: Kevin O'Brien

KARACHI : While admitting that facing Pakistan’s Saeed Ajmal will be “tricky”, Ireland’s Kevin O’Brien said that his team have no particular strategy planned out to tackle “one of the best spinners in the world”. Speaking to PakPassion.net, Ireland’s vice-captain said that he and his team mates were looking forward to the two One Day Internationals (ODIs) against Pakistan to prove their mettle. “It'll be a great chance for me personally and for the team to show what we can do again. “I ...

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China to help end Pakistan energy crisis: Li

ISLAMABAD: China and Pakistan should make the cooperation on power generation a priority, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said, as Pakistan seeks to end an energy crisis that triggers power cuts of up to 20 hours a day, bringing the economy to a near standstill. He was addressing a luncheon hosted in ...

Massive power outages irk people

LAHORE: The unscheduled loadshedding of electricity coupled with a very hot weather made lives of the people very miserable across the country. The power outages continued for more 20 hours a day. The business centers gave a deserted look and especially those traders, whose business linked ...

MQM suspends its three members

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has suspended the party membership of Coordination Committee members Shakeel Umar and Saleem Tajik for indefinite period. According to the statement issued by the MQM’s coordination committee, the party’s membership of Karachi Tanzeemi Committee (KTC) ...

Soldier killed in UK ‘terror attack’

LONDON : British Prime Minister David Cameron called an emergency security meeting on Wednesday after a man was killed near an army barracks in London, and two men were shot and wounded by police. Prime Minister Cameron said there were ‘strong indications that it is a terrorist incident’ and the UK ...

Karzai rules out Indian soldiers on Afghanistan’s soil

NEW DELHI : Addressing media persons in New Delhi, visiting Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday said Kabul has given a wish list to India, but did not specify what the list contains. He also ruled out deployment of Indian soldiers in Afghanistan. Karzai said: “We have a wish list that we ...

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