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Journalism of Courage
New Delhi, Nov 24: After cricket, diplomacy and nuclear bombs there8217;s now tennis as a surprise addition in the Indo-Pak grudge list. Today, two young Pakistani men 8212; Mohammed Khaliq and Aisam Ul Haq Qureshi 8212; displayed tremendous character to shake awake the top seeded Indians in the quarter-finals of the 84,000 Asia Cup at the RK Khanna centre court here.
India, tottering at 1-1, finally managed to scrape into the semi-finals, 2-1, after wrapping up the deciding doubles tie. Earlier, second seeded Uzbekistan breezed through their morning date with China 3-0.After losing the first match 1-6, 4-6 against 23-year-old Mohammed Khaliq, India8217;s Prahlad Srinath would have preferred to hide his face, like he does during change-overs, behind his towel.
Results
Uzbekistan bt China 3-0: Vadim Kutsenko bt Ling Lu 6-3, 6-3; Oleg Ogorodov bt Jing-Zhu Yang 6-1, 6-2; Kutsenko/Ogorodov bt Lu/Yang 7-6 8-6, 6-1; India bt Pakistan 2-1: Pralhad Srinath lost to Mohammed Khaliq 1-6, 4-6; Mahesh Bhupathi btAisam Ul Haq Qureshi Pak 6-4, 7-5; Bhupathi/Syed Fazaluddin bt Khaliq/Qureshi 6-4, 7-5.
