Glorious Aisam-ul-Haq, Aqeel Khan to team up as hitting partners for Australian Open 2021
Aqeel Khan will be accompanying Aisam ul Haq Qureshi as a hitting partner for the Australian Open which is scheduled to be held in Melbourne from February 8, 2021.
The key members of the Pakistan Davis Cup team, Aqeel Khan will be accompanying Aisam ul Haq Qureshi as a hitting partner for the Australian Open which is scheduled to be held in Melbourne from February 8, 2021.
Aqeel told ‘The News’ that he would help, world no.50 in doubles ranking, Aisam in his training at Melbourne Park. The duo has planned to depart for Australia in the second week of January.
Aisam is partnering with Bosnia-Herzegovina’s 80th ranked player Tomislav Brkic for men’s doubles competition.
“Aisam wanted me to accompany him to Australia as a hitting partner and help him prepare for the Open. I gleefully accepted the offer. Aisam is planning to train for three weeks in Australia ahead of Grand Slam event.”Aqeel said.
This will be Aisam’s 12th Australian Open participation. His best performance at the event came in 2018 when he managed to reach the doubles quarterfinals.
Reigning Australian Open doubles champions Rajeev Ram (USA) and Joe Salisbury (GBR), will return to defend their titles at AO 2021.