Twin set: Pakistan's Qureshi hopes sister act can lead to Wimbledon victory

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Last Updated : Jul 07 2019 | 10:45 AM IST

Pakistan's Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi admits that playing at Wimbledon with a mixed doubles partner who has a twin sister can often leave him seeing double, but he's happy to remain bamboozled if it brings him and his country a first Grand Slam title.

Qureshi teamed up with Ukraine's Nadiia Kichenok at Roland Garros and they immediately clicked, reaching the semi-finals despite only squeezing into the draw at the last minute.

However, he admitted that with Nadiia also having twin sister Lyudmyla playing on the tour, it can lead to some embarrassing moments.

"At Roland Garros, I thought I saw her in the gym and I said 'hey, partner, how's it going?' She said 'I'm not your partner, it's the other one'," the 39-year-old Qureshi told AFP.

"Now I see the differences between the two although it's tough to tell how I know they are different.

"It's just the look and you kind of sense it. Maybe it's the way they greet me, I can sense straight away who my partner is."
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"I said that you know your're doing this to your own sister and she was like 'yeah, yeah, but I need to get in'."
"We were the last team in again. The cut was 110 and we were 110, it was pretty sweet."
"I didn't know we had been drawn against each other. He texted me and said you can't believe it but we are playing each other, smiley face, LOL and I was like no way!"
But Qureshi added: "My partner was on fire today, she didn't care who I was playing against, so credit to her."

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First Published: Jul 07 2019 | 10:45 AM IST

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