Aisam-ul-Haq is my hero!

It did not go down as we all hoped but it doesn't matter. Aisam, Bopanna we salute you – thank you for making both our countries proud.

It did not go down as we all hoped against the Bryans at the US Open, but it doesn’t make a difference.

Aisam-ul-Haq is my new national hero and his partnership with Rohan Bopanna has shown us just what India and Pakistan can jointly achieve if we look beyond our differences and recognize what binds us together – and what better place to learn that lesson than on a tennis court.

Cricket has let us down, hockey has near-faded from memory and football has yet to emerge, but Aisam has shown us that with enough courage, integrity and hard work, our country is capable of producing people of caliber whom the whole world can look up to, regardless of the challenges we may face along the way (Tennis in Pakistan? Who would have thought!). Here’s hoping to seeing some of that same passion in other fields as well.

Aisam, Bopanna we salute you – thank you for making both our countries proud, thank you for giving us something to smile about on Eid and thank you for giving our nation’s aspirations the much-needed injection of hope.

You are both winners in my books. And 10,000 adoring fans on Twitter agree with me!
















WRITTEN BY: Jahanzaib Haque
The writer is web editor, The Express Tribune jahanzaib.haque@tribune.com.pk

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