Asiam & Santiago reaches pre-quarterfinal round of Wimbledon 2019
Pakistan’s tennis ace Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and his Mexican partner Santiago Gonzalez reached the pre-quarter-finals of Wimbledon 2019.
Pakistan’s tennis ace Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and his Mexican partner Santiago Gonzalez reached the pre-quarter-finals of Wimbledon 2019.
The unseeded Aisam and Santiago, ranked 50th and 59th, respectively, stunned the fourth seed duo of Mate Pavic from Croatia and Bruno Soares from Brazil, ranked 16th and 7th, respectively.
Aisam-Gonzales had to struggle hard to overcome spirited Brazil-Croatia pair by 3-2.Two sets down, Pak-Mexican duo made a strong comeback in the third set by displaying high-quality tennis and first leveled the score at 6-6 and then won it 7-6(5).
Aisam-Gonzales maintained their supremacy in the fourth set with aggressive and impressive shots and won it 6-4 and also emerged as triumphant in the fifth and decisive set with identical score of 6-4 to register 3-2 victory and also booked berth in third round with the final score line of 4-6, 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-4.
Recently, Pavic was World No 1 and Soares No 2 doubles player and both have been Grand Slam winners as well.
They bounced back after losing initial two sets and fought hard to claim victory in the second round of doubles category of this grand slam. They had overpowered the Serbian duo of Laslo Djere and Janko Tipsarevic 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6(4) in the first round.
Last year, Aisam, partnering with Jean Julian Rojer, lost in the second round. He had reached the third round in 2017 when he partnered with Florin Mergea. Aisam’s best performance in this grand slam was in 2010 when he and his Indian partner Rohan Bopanna reached the quarter-finals.
